Does a plaintiff have to file an amended complaint within the time specified by the trial court after a demurrer has been sustained?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Basanty v. Cal. Reconveyance Co., H036780 (Cal. App. 2012):
Thus, a plaintiff's failure to file an amended complaint within the time specified by the trial court after a demurrer is sustained with leave to amend subjects the action to dismissal "in the court's discretion under section 581, subdivision (f)(2)." (Leader v.
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