Any answer or other pleading filed by the owner in response to the summons shall be filed on or before the twenty (20) days after date of service and shall be confined solely to the question of the right of the petitioner to condemn the property sought to be condemned, but without prejudice to the owner's right to except from the amount of the compensation awarded in the manner provided in KRS 416.550 to 416.670.
KRS 416.600