HB1596

Oklahoma HB1596 amends civil procedure rules regarding pleadings, claims, and averments.

Oklahoma HB1596 modifies the state's Pleading Code, focusing on the rules for claims and averments in civil procedure. It mandates that averments in pleadings not denied in a responsive pleading are considered admitted. It also requires each averment in a pleading to be simple, concise, and direct, allowing parties to set forth two or more statements of a claim or defense alternately. The bill specifies that defenses must be stated in short and plain terms, and affirmative defenses must be explicitly set forth.