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Judgement by Default

What is the name of your state? California

What exactly happens when a request to enter default is granted? Does the other partner get to see what the petitioner has requested to be decided on?? Can they appeal?
 
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VeronicaGia

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FreeBird16 said:
What is the name of your state? California

What exactly happens when a request to enter default is granted? Does the other partner get to see what the petitioner has requested to be decided on?? Can they appeal?
Losing by default is not good, and usually appealing it is quite hard. Typically it means that the party who lost didn't care enough to show up for the court date, so why would a judge care if that person wants to show up now?

Yes, the person will get a court order with whatever was decided during the hearing that he/she didn't bother to attend. If it is you who is considering not showing up, don't do it. Go to court, get it over with. The other person could ask for the moon, and get it.
 
In this case it's a dissolution of marriage, one party only recieved the initial dissolution papers, which was pretty vague in child support and custody issues, it said something like "to be determined". There was never a court date to be attended.
 
No court date, no other papers except a judgement. The judgement has child support figures, 401k figures, etc., how can this be done without the spouse ever giving any financial information to the court. Can they go off of whatever the petitioner says they make?
 

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