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Look, I get it. Attorneys are expensive.But, here you are. You’re being sued. You clearly have no idea what to do.This is despite the fact that, in most jurisdictions, there are clear instructions on what you must do right there in the statement of claim or other document that starts the lawsuit.Ontario Court form 14A contains this information succinctly, but explicitlyIF YOU WISH TO DEFEND THIS PROCEEDING, you or an Ontario lawyer acting for you must prepare a statement of defence in Form 18A prescribed by the Rules of Civil Procedure, serve it on the plaintiff’s lawyer or, where the plaintiff does not have a lawyer, serve it on the plaintiff, and file it, with proof of service in this court office, WITHIN TWENTY DAYS after this statement of claim is served on you, if you are served in Ontario. If you are served in another province or territory of Canada or in the United States of America, the period for serving and filing your statement of defence is forty days. If you are served outside Canada and the United States of America, the period is sixty days. Instead of serving and filing a statement of defence, you may serve and file a notice of intent to defend in Form 18B prescribed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. This will entitle you to ten more days within which to serve and file your statement of defence.And form 18A is available online.But you have a lot to do yet, and there won’t be any instructions from this point forward. You’re expected to either hire a lawyer or do your own research. Either way is going to be expensive, either money or your own time. Your lawyer will know what to do and why they’re doing it.So, you do not respond to a lawsuit without at least consulting an attorney UNLESS it’s in the small claims court. The small claims court will help you with each step. A superior court cannot and will not.This is not to say you can’t represent yourself in a superior court lawsuit. However, it’s a bit like staging your own production of “Hamlet” where you’re going to play the primary role and do everything else to get the play on the stage, including selling tickets. A lawyer will have no problem prepping you or, more importantly, ensuring that you’re up to acting on your own.So here’s a story. I once knew a lawyer who had a client coming up for a one-day trial. They were pretty broke, but he told them to just show up, wait for the plaintiff to present their evidence, then ask the court to dismiss the action for failure to prove their case. They went alone. They listened to the evidence and said nothing. They then waited for the plaintiff to rest and asked the judge to dismiss the case. The judge did.Your lawsuit is unlikely to follow a similar trajectory, but you’re right that you don’t need a lawyer at every stage if you’re willing to work hard, learn, and listen to advice. In fact “advice” is the lawyer’s cheapest service. Its clients who don’t listen to their lawyer, or whose lawyers won’t challenge their client’s case, who spend all the money.So see a lawyer. Now. Otherwise I can pretty much guarantee that you’re going to spend more time and money than is necessary no matter what the merits of the underlying lawsuit.

In Utah, where I practice, the parents can petition the court to change the child’s name. It’s rather easy, as far as court proceedings go. You can hire an attorney to ensure you get through the process correctly, or try to take care of the process on your own pro se (meaning without an attorney).Here are the applicable code sections (bear in mind that, if you are divorced or unmarried without a court order determining custody of the child, you likely cannot unilaterally seek a name change without giving notice to the other parent of your intentions to seek a name change):Utah Code Section 42-1-1. By petition to district court -- Contents.Any natural person, desiring to change his name, may file a petition therefor in the district court of the county where he resides, setting forth:(1) The cause for which the change of name is sought.(2) The name proposed.(3) That he has been a bona fide resident of the county for the year immediately prior to the filing of the petition.Utah Code Section 42-1-2. Notice of hearing -- Order of change.The court shall order what, if any, notice shall be given of the hearing, and after the giving of such notice, if any, may order the change of name as requested, upon proof in open court of the allegations of the petition and that there exists proper cause for granting the same.Utah Code Section 42-1-3. Effect of proceedings.Such proceedings shall in no manner affect any legal action or proceeding then pending, or any right, title or interest whatsoever.————————————Even though this is all that the Utah Code provides, the Utah Courts website contains some other "requirements" that, although they are not required by the Utah Code, a court may ask about or require as a condition of obtaining the name change. Here is that website link:Instructions for Filing for a Name Change - Minor.Forms for a child name change through the Utah courts can also be found on the website.

When you received your notification that your acocunt was suspended, you should have also received instructions on how to download your data. I believe a link to that info is also available on the page you see when you try to login and are told you are suspended.