This sample special demurrer to a complaint for another action pending in California is filed under Code of Civil Procedure section 430.10(c) on the grounds that another action is pending between the parties on the same causes of action contained in the complaint. The sample on which this preview is based is 16 pages and includes brief instructions, a memorandum of points and authorities with citations to case law and statutory authority, sample request for judicial notice, sample declaration regarding compliance with Code of Civil Procedure section 430.41 and proof of service. The author is an entrepreneur and retired litigation paralegal that worked in California and Federal litigation from January 1995 through September 2017. Note that the author is NOT an attorney and no guarantee or warranty is provided.

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Any Attorney or Party
Any Street
Any Town, CA 55555
714-555-5555
Any Attorney or Party
Superior Court of the State of California
For the County of _________________
Any Plaintiff,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Any Defendants, and DOES 1-5, inclusive,
Defendants.
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Case No.
NOTICE OF DEMURRER AND DEMURRER TO
COMPLAINT; MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND
AUTHORITIES; DECLARATION OF
______________ REGARDING COMPLIANCE
WITH MEET AND CONFER REQUIREMENTS OF
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE § 430.41
[Filed concurrently with request for judicial
notice]
DATE:
TIME:
DEPT:
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1TO: ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on _______________ at ___________. in Department ___of
the above entitled court, located at ____________________________________________,
Defendant, _________________________, will and hereby does move the Court for an order
sustaining special demurrers to the demurrers to the first, second, third and fourth causes of action in
Plaintiff’s Complaint.
The moving party has complied with the meet and confer requirements of Code of Civil
Procedure § 430.41 as shown by the attached declaration.
1This demurrer is made pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure § 430.10(c) on the grounds that
another action is pending between the parties upon the same causes of action in the Superior Court of
California, County of ___________, Case caption of _______v. ________, Case No. ___________
as shown by the request for judicial notice and exhibits attached thereto concurrently filed and served
herewith and incorporated herein by reference.
The Demurrer shall be based on this notice of demurrer and the attached demurrer, the
attached memorandum of points and authorities, the attached declaration of ________ regarding
compliance with the meet and confer requirements of Code of Civil Procedure § 430.41, the request
for judicial notice and exhibits attached thereto, concurrently filed and served herewith and
incorporated herein by reference, on the complete files and records of this action, and on such other
oral and/or documentary evidence as may be presented at the hearing on the Motion.
Dated________________ ___________________________________________________
ANY ATTORNEY OR PARTY
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DEMURRER TO PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT
This demurrer is made pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure §430.10(c) on the grounds that
there is another action is pending between the parties upon the same causes of action.
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