PART IIMATRIMONIAL CAUSES

Pleadings and amendment

Filing of reply and subsequent pleadings2.13

1

A petitioner may file a reply to an answer within 14 days after he has received a copy of the answer pursuant to rule 2.17.

2

If the petitioner does not file a reply to an answer, he shall, unless the answer prays for a decree, be deemed, on making a request for directions for trial, to have denied every material allegation of fact made in the answer.

3

No pleading subsequent to a reply shall be filed without leave.