Section 21198 Of Article 3. Legal Validation Proceedings From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 12. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.

. Every material statement of the petition not specifically controverted by the answer shall, for the purposes of the special proceeding, be taken as true, and each person failing to answer the petition shall be deemed to admit as true all the material allegations of the petition.