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Term Definition Answer; Answer to Complaint (Petition) and Counterclaim - a formal response to a petition or complaint for divorce, dissolution of marriage, separation, or annulment.
Application in Divorce These terms refer to the procedure of civil actions, including divorce trials.

In a counterclaim.

Respondents and Defendants must counterclaim."

In a no-fault actions, there is no counterclaim and most of the time, if an allegations presented in the Petition or Complaint.