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512 Amendment—pleading to
(1) If a party amends a pleading, an opposite party may plead to the
amended pleading or amend the opposite party’s own pleading.
(2) The pleading or amendment must be served not later than the later of
the following:
(a) the end of the time the opposite party then has to plead;
(b) 14 days after the day the amendment is served on the opposite
(3) If an opposite party has pleaded before being served with the
amendment and does not plead again within the time allowed under
subrule (2), the opposite party is taken to rely on the original pleading
as an answer to the amended pleading.