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Default judgment — what does that actually mean for me

CAmissed_deadline1 month ago

I missed the 30 day deadline because I was hospitalized. Now there's a default. Did I lose the whole case? Am I cooked?

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set_aside_default1 month ago

You can ask the court to set aside the default. There's a form for it. The hospital records help. Talk to your local self-help center — they walk people through this all the time.

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