Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

Citation: Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019) 3.
Parent Document: Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2019-04-10
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7178223/adjartey-v-cent-div-of-the-hous... ↗

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3. Answer. No later than the first Monday after the entry date, which could come as soon as two weeks after the tenant receives the summons and complaint, the tenant must file a written answer.8 See *319Rule 3 of the Uniform Summary Process Rules (1993). This answer shall deny every disputed statement in the complaint and set forth all of the tenant's defenses (reasons that the tenant should not be evicted), and may also set forth any of the tenant's counterclaims (reasons that the landlord owes money to the tenant).9 Id. See also G. L. c. 239, § 8A.10 Potential defenses and counterclaims include, for example:

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