2063
Effective Jan 1, 1995Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1269, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1995.
- (a) The employee benefit plan shall file and serve a copy of a notice of appearance upon the party requesting joinder within 30 days of the date of the service upon the plan of a copy of the joinder request and summons.
- (b) The employee benefit plan may, but need not, file an appropriate responsive pleading with its notice of appearance. If the plan does not file a responsive pleading, all statements of fact and requests for relief contained in any pleading served on the plan are deemed to be controverted by the plan’s notice of appearance.