Request for Entry of Default (form CIV-100)​​ Make sure the defendant's name is exactly as you wrote it on the Complaint. If the Court finds that a hearing, declaration, or further evidence is required, a request or a notice of the date, time and location will be sent to you.A party seeking a California Code of Civil Procedure Section 585 default against another party must take the following steps to start the process. (3) File an Application For Entry of Default. We're going to talk about a default setting or what's also known as prove up hearing. This is when you go through a divorce and you submit a default judgment. Contact the court clerk to obtain a date for a "proveup" hearing. Appear on the hearing date and "prove-up" your damages before the judge. Default judgment are not entered without proveups in which you have to present evidence to show that you are entitled to the money. A default prove up hearing occurs when the defendant has failed to respond to the plaintiff's complaint within the specified time frame.