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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)

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Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)
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Adjartey v. Cent. Div. of the Hous. Court Departmentand, 120 N.E.3d 297 (2019)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
2019-04-10

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**856If a tenant fails to appear in court on the day of his or her scheduled trial, he or she is defaulted at the time that the case is called, so long as the landlord has appeared. See Rule 10(a) of the Uniform Summary Process Rules (2004). If the landlord and the tenant appear in court but the tenant has not filed a timely answer to the landlord's complaint, the court postpones the trial date by one week, unless the landlord agrees in writing to proceed with trial immediately. Id.