Alaska Court System, CIV-720 Eviction Booklet

Citation: Alaska Court System, CIV-720 Eviction Booklet
Jurisdiction: Alaska (state)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://public.courts.alaska.gov/web/forms/docs/civ-720.pdf ↗

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information. You may have to pay the witness a small fee if they
are under subpoena.
All of your evidence (exhibits and witnesses) must follow the Rules of Evidence.
Evidence rules can be complicated, but in general, focus on evidence that directly
relates to the disagreements about damages and do not get distracted by side
issues. Your witnesses must have direct knowledge of what happened (for
example, they saw how damage occurred or were present when the other party
made statements that support your case). Witnesses usually cannot testify about
something someone else told them.
The damages trial will generally proceed as follows:
1. On the day of your trial, make sure to arrive early. In larger court locations,
you may need extra time to find parking and get through security. If the
courtroom was not already on your hearing notice, check the court calendar
for which courtroom you are in.
2. If there is not another hearing already going on, check in with the clerk to let
them know you are there. If there is another case happening, wait quietly in
the back of the courtroom, and the judge or clerk will ask you to come
forward when the judge is ready to hear your case.
3. The judge will ask the plaintiff to show evidence about why the plaintiff
should get money damages. The judge will then ask the defendant to show
evidence of any defenses or counterclaims. Sometimes, the plaintiff will get
another chance to respond to the defendant’s evidence.
4. The judge will make a decision and enter judgment. This could happen right
away (an oral decision on record), or the judge may want to think it more and
make a decision later (take the case under advisement). In either case, the
judge will issue a written order that either dismisses the case (no one wins any
money) or gives a