Opinion ID: 1359896
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Heading: R.C.P. 15(a) is clear:

Text: A party shall plead in response to an amended pleading within the time remaining for response to the original pleading or within ten (10) days after service of the amended pleading, whichever period may be the longer, unless the court otherwise orders. Appellants were not relieved of their responsibility to respond to the amended pleading. However, their failure to do so does not vitiate the three day notice requirement of I.R.C.P. 55(b)(2). The defendant had originally appeared in the action, and the order of withdrawal failed to state that default could be entered against the defendant without further notice to the defendant. Accordingly the defendant was entitled to the three-day notice required by I.R.C.P. 55(b)(2). Omega-Alpha, supra . The order of the district court is reversed with instructions to set aside the default judgment. Costs to appellants. No attorney fees awarded on appeal. DONALDSON, C.J., BAKES and HUNTLEY, JJ., and SCOGGIN, J., Pro Tem., concur.