A courtesy copy of the Motion and Notice must be provided to the Court at least 5 working days prior to the hearing. A motion for default is a procedural issue and results from his failure to respond.Family Court Records Request Form Downloads, Self Service Forms, E-Filing. Contact Information: Central Courthouse, Brenda D. Forman, Clerk of Court. To do this, you may file a Motion for Default with the clerk of court. The default location for all contested hearings is Courtroom 16165. The first step is to file a request for entry of default, which it sounds like you did. Once the court accepts that document, you have to prove up your damages. It should not take more than 14 days. You can check the on line docket to see when the default motion was filed and if there are any intervening documents.