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Cal­cu­la­torpre­lim­i­nary cal­cu­la­tion

State­ment of defense

Defence filing deadline calculator

Enter the date you re­ceived the order opening pro­ceed­ings and the re­sponse period set by the court. For Kyiv cases, the cal­cu­la­tor helps track the cal­en­dar dead­line, but the re­sponse itself must be pre­pared using the claim ma­te­ri­als.

Legal workflow with calculations and documents
Current
June 26, 2026
Format
Online
Value
0 ₴
Online tool

Estimated time limit for a response

The default is 15 days because the Civil Pro­ce­dure Code re­quires a period that allows time to prepare a re­sponse and ev­i­dence, and that is no shorter than 15 days from service of the order.

Use the date the order and claim were ac­tu­al­ly re­ceived: postal notice, elec­tron­ic cabinet, receipt, or other ev­i­dence.

Estimated result

the period is estimated to still be running
Last day to file a response9 November 2026
Date the order was served23 October 2026
Deadline under the ruling15 days
Method23 October 2026 + 15 calendar days = 9 November 2026

Response deadline calendar

Date the order was served
23 October 2026
Start of the period
24 October 2026The next cal­en­dar day after the se­lect­ed date.
Deadline under the ruling
15 days
Last day to file a response
9 No­vem­ber 2026Shifted from a weekend to the next working day.
Deadline status
the period is es­ti­mat­ed to still be running: in 17 days

The cal­cu­la­tor does not check whether the claim was prop­er­ly served, whether all at­tach­ments were re­ceived, or whether a coun­ter­claim, ev­i­dence, motions, or an ap­pli­ca­tion to renew the dead­line are needed.

The brief summary is easy to paste into a message to a lawyer or save for your­self.

What the calculator calculates

A state­ment of defense must be filed within the period set by the court. The Civil Pro­ce­dure Code re­quires that the period be suf­fi­cient to prepare the defense and ev­i­dence and be at least 15 days from service of the order opening pro­ceed­ings.

The cal­cu­la­tor does not supply a defense po­si­tion. It only helps cal­cu­late a cal­en­dar dead­line based on the service date and the period stated in the ruling.

Methodology

Calculation methodology

Method­ol­o­gy for cal­cu­lat­ing the re­sponse dead­line

  1. The user enters the date the order opening the pro­ceed­ings was served.
  2. The user enters the number of days spec­i­fied by the court in the order.
  3. The cal­cu­la­tor starts count­ing the period on the next cal­en­dar day.
  4. The last day moves from Sat­ur­day or Sunday to Monday.
Example

Calculation example

The de­fen­dant in Kyiv re­ceived the order opening pro­ceed­ings on 4 June 2026, and the court set 15 days to file a re­sponse.

  • Date the order was served: 04.06.2026
  • Dead­line under the ruling: 15 days

Es­ti­mat­ed last day to file a re­sponse: June 19, 2026.

If copies of the claim at­tach­ments were not re­ceived or the service date is dis­put­ed, the dead­line and strat­e­gy may change.

Documents

What to check in the documents

  • The ruling opening pro­ceed­ings and its service date.
  • The claim, all at­tach­ments, the claimant’s ev­i­dence, and cal­cu­la­tion of the claims.
  • Your own ev­i­dence, ob­jec­tions, motions, and the option of a coun­ter­claim.
  • Proof that the re­sponse was sent to the other parties to the case.

Official sources

Prepared
The method­ol­o­gy was pre­pared by the website ed­i­to­r­i­al team based on of­fi­cial sources.
Checked
The cal­cu­la­tion has been re­viewed by a lawyer; no per­son­al data was pub­lished.
Important
The tool pro­vides a pre­lim­i­nary result and does not replace doc­u­ment review.

Current as of . The cal­cu­la­tion is pre­lim­i­nary and depends on the doc­u­ments and cir­cum­stances.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

Why must the period from the ruling be entered?

The court sets the re­sponse period in its order opening pro­ceed­ings. The stan­dard 15 days is only a base­line; read the order in the spe­cif­ic case.

What happens if no response is filed?

The court may decide the case on the ex­ist­ing record. This does not mean an au­to­mat­ic loss, but the de­fen­dant loses a con­ve­nient op­por­tu­ni­ty to submit ob­jec­tions and ev­i­dence.

Must the response be sent to the claimant?

Yes, courts usually require proof that the re­sponse and at­tach­ments were sent to the other parties. Without it, the court may leave the doc­u­ments without move­ment or require defects to be cor­rect­ed.

Can I ask for more time?

You may ask to extend or renew the time limit if there are grounds and ev­i­dence. It is ad­vis­able to prepare such a motion before the dead­line expires or as soon as the ob­sta­cle becomes known.

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Free initial con­sul­ta­tion

Need to prepare a defence within the deadline?

Submit an ap­pli­ca­tion if you need to check the claim, ev­i­dence, dead­line in the order, and defence po­si­tion in a civil case in Kyiv.

  • the cal­cu­la­tor result can serve as a ref­er­ence for a con­ver­sa­tion
  • doc­u­ments, dead­lines, or con­tract terms may change the con­clu­sion
  • briefly de­scribe the cir­cum­stances in the form if needed