Rule 91.09 - Answer-Time For-Contents-Attachments(a) Time. The person served shall file an answer at the time designated in the writ or order.(b) Contents. The answer shall be directed to the petition and shall also contain: (1) A statement whether the person who is allegedly restrained is being restrained by respondent and, if so, the circumstances and authority for such restraint;(2) If the person filing the answer shall have had the person under restraint at any time before service of the writ or order and has transferred the person to another, a statement to whom, at what time, for what cause, and by what authority such transfer took place.(c) Attachment to Answer. If the person is restrained by virtue of any writ, order, warrant, or other written authority, a copy shall be attached to the answer.Adopted June 24, 1982, eff. 1/1/1983. Amended Sept. 28, 1993, eff. 1/1/1994.Committee Note - 1983
The source of paragraph (a) is prior Rule 91.14.
The sources of paragraph (b) are prior Rules 91.16 and 91.17.
The source of paragraph (c) is prior Rule 91.16.