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If you do not think the default judgment was appropriately entered against you, you must file a motion with the court asking the judge to set aside (void or nullify) the judgment. If the judge grants your motion, the case starts back up again.
PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO VACATE THE JUDGMENT: If you are the plaintiff and you did not go to court, you can ask the court to "vacate" (cancel) the judgment if the court ordered a judgment in favor of the defendant.
To ask a court to set aside (cancel) a court order or judgment, you have to file a request for order to set aside, sometimes called a motion to set aside or motion to vacate. The terms set aside or vacate a court order basically mean to cancel or undo that order to start over on a particular issue.
If a notice of motion for setting aside or variation of a judgment or order is filed within 14 days after the judgment or order is entered, the court may set aside or vary the judgment or order under r 36.16(1) as if the judgment or order had not been entered: r 36.16(3A).
You cannot appeal this kind of judgment and have a new trial until you vacate the default judgment, that is, until you have the judgment removed or erased. To vacate a default judgment, do the following:Get the form called Notice of Motion to Vacate Judgment from the small claims clerk.
Typically, a court's rules governing enforcement of default judgments include procedures for wage garnishments, attachment of bank accounts and seizure of assets. The plaintiff can usually pursue more than one of these enforcement mechanisms simultaneously.
In effect, you're found guilty because you never entered a defense. Default judgments are sometimes called automatic judgments because of how fast they can happen. Next up could be wage garnishment or a bank account levy, which allows a creditor to remove money from your bank accounts to repay the debt.
First, you can ask the court to set aside the default judgment and give you an opportunity to contest it. Next, you can settle the debt with the debt buyer for an amount less than what the default judgment is for. And finally you can eliminate the default judgment completely by filing for bankruptcy.