Legal Question in Family Law in California

I have filed for default and a trail date has been set for today, the judge isn't in today so they had to reschedule my trail. Is there any way the respondent can still respond or stop the default trial?


Asked on 2/05/13, 9:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

There are lots of ways. They can even move to set aside the default judgment after that trial. Until six months after the trial they can ask to have a default set aside. Whether they will succeed or not is another story, although courts favor cases decided on the merits rather than by default.

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Answered on 2/05/13, 10:01 am


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