Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Oklahoma

default judgement

How good is a default judgement in the state of oklahoma?


Asked on 8/21/00, 9:29 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Jeff Lee Lee & Freedman, P.C.

Re: default judgement

A default judgment in Oklahoma is as good as any other judgment (at least 10 days after the judgment was filed in the clerk's office); The reason for the ten day rule is the Court has discretion to set aside a default judgment; Now are we talking about a foreign judgment or one that was granted in Oklahoma? A foreign judgment is entitled to the full authority as an Oklahoma judgment; with all that said... if the default judgment was fraudulently obtained, the other side can file a petition to have it vacated... but they have the burden to prove fraud.

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Answered on 9/27/00, 10:50 am


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