Follow the Rules of Court and CCP to make sure your default is proper and enforceable. You must be prepared to enter evidence through documents and testimony.This particular video section is going to describe uh what we call a prove upup hearing and that is if you are in either a paternity custody case or a divorce case. You need to file a motion and possibly set it for hearing depending on local rules. Get to court as soon as possible. You must show specific factual grounds to have the judgment set aside. To ask the judge to set aside your default judgment, you must file a "motion" (a formal written request) with the court. They do mail the final judgement to both parties. I did tell her about it. Depends on who appealed and the circumstances.