Perhaps it is a coincidence, but the pandemic seems to have caused an uptick in Family Part default judgments. It makes sense that isolation, combined with the end of a marriage, would lead to, or ...

"Though I agree that Mr. Allen offers no good excuse for his non-compliance—and arguably digs a deeper hole through his attempts to deflect blame onto his counsel—I find that a less severe sanction ...

Around 70% of debt lawsuits end in a default judgement in favor of the creditor after the debtor fails to show up to court.

Billionaire rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been mired in numerous accusations of sexual assault and other misconduct in the last year. On Monday, a Lenawee County circuit court judge in Michigan ...

In a divorce, family law or child custody matter, a default judgment can be an option for some parties to pursue. In other cases, a default judgment might have been entered upon them in their case.

Sean “Diddy” Combs may be facing the heat of a damning sex-trafficking indictment, but the disgraced music mogul also landed a legal win in Michigan. A Lenawee County circuit court judge decided ...

Morayo Fagborun Bennett offers some advice for setting aside default judgments in the post-Mitchell world Freeholders failing to provide a timely response to a particulars of claim face an order for ...

From Thursday's decision in Gillikin v. Mattingly, decided by Indiana Court of Appeals Chief Judge Robert Altice, joined by Judges Rudolph Pyle and Mary DeBoer: Amy Gillikin appeals the trial court's ...

The principle of audi alteram partem—that every person should be afforded an opportunity to be heard—is a cornerstone of South African law. Nevertheless, litigation does not always proceed with the ...

Assistant Registrar Akeria Martin dismissed the PHA’s application to set aside the judgment, finding that its explanation for failing to defend the case was inadequate and that its proposed defence ...