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A default order is when a judge says someone has failed to respond to a court case by the deadline. After a judge finds someone in default, they cannot participate in the case. The judge can sign final orders and hold hearings without notice to the person who was defaulted.

You should file a Motion for Default with the clerk of the superior court. Schedule a court hearing and ask the judge or court commissioner to sign an Order on Motion for Default granting the default.

If the respondent doesn't submit the document by the deadline, the petitioner can file a motion for default. At the hearing on the motion, the court will enter a default order prohibiting the respondent from doing anything else in the divorce case ? no presenting evidence, witnesses, or arguments.

Show cause orders instruct parties to ?show cause? why the court should decide in their favor on a motion. More accurately, a show cause order instructs a party to appear at a hearing and show cause why the court should not grant a motion another party filed.

Also known as a Motion for Default, having a default judgment placed against you is a method used to expedite cases where you do not show up in court. If you are looking to get out of the default judgment, then you will need to file a Motion to Vacate Judgment.

(3) The justice shall have full power at any time after a judgment has been given by default for failure of the defendant to appear and plead at the proper time, to vacate and set aside said judgment for any good cause and upon such terms as he or she shall deem sufficient and proper.