Any party, within the time allowed to respond to a pleading may serve and file a notice of motion to strike the whole or any part thereof. In California family law, motions to strike are generally filed to request the court to remove certain parts of the opposing party's pleadings.The court may strike the pleading or issue any other appropriate order. (f) MOTION TO STRIKE. I am an attorney at law duly admitted to practice before the courts ofthe State of. California. The Court requires a hearing with testimony to prove up a non-liquidated damages. Each district attorney shall represent the State in all criminal cases in the district courts of his district and in appeals therefrom. Shortly after this photograph was taken, a 52-day labor strike forced a delay in the opening of the campus from fall 1975 to spring 1976. A motion to strike is sort of like a scalpel to cut out inappropriate parts of a lawsuit. There might not be a proper basis for punitive damages.