Steve Bateman' s: Opponets spread rumors on a lawsuit and legal terms for the layperson.

• The other canidates made up form.  Which stops in telling the whole truth.

Real document from court.  This shows all legal functions in this case.  We will below, give you the meaning of some legal terms that may help you understand.  Below this document is a made up version on what the opposition placed on thier blog.  Not real it was made up.  Anyone can see this. 


Now, legal lesson on terms and how the proces works.
Summons was the first document placed on thier document.

• A  Summons is a legal document needed for any complaintto be  filed. It states how many days you have to answer the complaint.
• Complaint is a legal document that starts the process of a law suit against one party or multiple parties.
• Service Returned: The Batemans were never served so it gets returned.  This neans that the Batemans were deprived in thier rights to answer the complaint in a timely fashion.  No one can be deprived of life, liberty or property without "due process of law:" This is according to our Consitution.  In order for a suit to be legal everyone has the right to "due process" as per the 5th Admendment Rights given to all.  Since they were never served properly thier right were then violated.
• Motion for Default:  The party that could not serve the other party, usually goes back into court to ask for a Motion for Default or any other Motion.  A Motion is a legal document that list what releif is sought by the moving party.  In this case American Express.  This usually happens.  A Default means that the person or persons did not show up in court and usually the judge will give whatever the moving party is asking for (American Express, is the moving party for this matter). 
• Default: Just saying that the case was settled by default.  This is were the other blogger stops.  Look again at the real one. 

The real one goes further to show that another Motion was filed. It did not just stop with a default against the Batemans.  It shows that the Batemans hired an attorney after they found out about this legal matter.

• Many courts and attorney's don't really like defaults because they can be reopened because :
• Due Process righs were not followed.  The Defandents attorney can always ask for a Motion as follows;
• excusable neglect
  n. a legitimate excuse for the failure of a party or his/her lawyer to take required action (like filing an answer to a complaint) on time. This is usually claimed to set aside a default judgment for failure to answer (or otherwise respond) in the period set by law. Illness, press of business by the lawyer (but not necessarily the defendant), or an understandable oversight by the lawyer's staff ("just blame the secretary") are common excuses which the courts will often accept. However, if the defendant loses the complaint or fails to call his/her attorney the courts will be less lenient. In any event, the defendant must also show he/she had some worthwhile defense.
  
• It usally works.  No judge wants his case to go to appeal for default.
  
• The Batemans as by the real document shows they are working to have this legal mess finished in a law of Court.
  

No one even knows why this happened.  It could be a purchased for this sum of money or less, yes less and the Batemans were trying to work with the credit card company.  Oh, by the way everyone thinks that American Express has to be paid off at time of billing.  That is not true.  Usually anything between 500.00 dollars and upward there is a payment plan as with other credit card companies have. 
The product could have been defective.  Mail was late, they were away on vacation.  Anything could have happened. 
 
You Don't accuse someone without all the facts. Especially not telling all the facts.  REMEMBER, WE ARE ALL INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
 
This is how the opponents work here in Homestead. Looking out for themselves, spreading rumors.  We give the truth for all to see.  Not hear say.