§ Rule 15(a) Amendments

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Rule 15(a). Amendments

    1. A party may amend the party's pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served or, if the pleading is one to which no responsive pleading is permitted and the action has not been placed upon the trial calendar, the party may so amend it at any time within twenty days after it is served. Otherwise a party may amend the party's pleading only by leave of court or by written consent of the adverse party. Leave to amend shall be freely given when justice requires.

    2. A party who moves for leave to amend a pleading must attach a copy of the proposed amended pleading as an exhibit to the motion, which shall indicate in what respect it differs from the pleading that it amends, by bracketing or striking through the text to be deleted and underlining the text to be added. If a motion for leave to amend is granted, the moving party shall file and serve the amended pleading within ten days of the order granting the motion, unless the court otherwise orders.

    3. A party shall plead in response to an amended pleading within the time remaining for response to the original pleading or within ten days after service of the amended pleading, whichever period may be the longer, unless the court otherwise orders.