Volume 11.  JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT

If the party served fails to answer or otherwise respond to the compliant/Petition
a default judgment may be obtained that party.

Necessary doc8umenmts are :

     Completion of request To Enter Default
     Proof of Service -of Summon And Complaint
     IN Personal injury cases the proof of service must also Show service
     of the statement of Damages:

The basic code provisin are:

Basic Code Provisions

Code of Civil Procedure,§§ 585-587, 1169
 

The California Judicial Form REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT
must be used:
 

REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT
(Application to Enter Default)
Form Adopted for Mandatory Use
Judicial Council of California
982(a)(6) [Rev. July 1, 2000]
Code of Civil Procedure,§§ 585-587, 1169
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http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/forms/documents/982a6.pdf

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