{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ccp-428.80","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CCP § 428.80","heading":"","body":"The counterclaim is abolished. Any cause of action that formerly was asserted by a counterclaim shall be asserted by a cross-complaint. Where any statute refers to asserting a cause of action as a counterclaim, such cause shall be asserted as a cross-complaint. The erroneous designation of a pleading as a counterclaim shall not affect its validity, but such pleading shall be deemed to be a cross-complaint.","path":["Code of Civil Procedure - CCP","PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS [307. - 1062.34.]","TITLE 6. OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS [420. - 475.]","CHAPTER 2. Pleadings Demanding Relief [425.10. - 429.30.]","ARTICLE 4. Cross-Complaints [428.10. - 428.80.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"91c2cf2e43876bd983027bbd3028a27a6f1c654861610ba031c38bcf3a247198","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ccp-428.70","next":"us-ca/ccp-429.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}