According to information we've received, effective 11/1/07, citywide:
1. New answer forms at court houses
a. Nobody can answer for an individual other than themselves with three exceptions: military service, incarceration, hospitalization
b. If multiple names on Petition person answering will be given a second form for other tenant to fill out and return to the court
2. Judges are being told NOT to let anyone sign a stip on behalf of anyone other than themselves
3. Judges are being told NOT to give a default in the part for an individual who did not file an answer with the court, and to get a default against them you will need to file a non-military [form].
4. The court will accept as a non-military for a non-answering tenant, the answering tenant's claim in a written stipulation that they have personal knowledge that no other named party is in the military or dependent on the military.