Request For Default Prove Up Hearing In Mecklenburg
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To stop the entry of a default or default judgment before it is entered, one generally has to file something in court. This can be an Answer, a Motion to Extend Time, a Motion to Quash Service of Process, or perhaps others. A motion will likely interrupt entry of a default, but a motion is merely a request.
If you're sued, you can choose to do nothing. This means that you do not file any response by the deadline. The Plaintiff then can ask the judge to decide the case without your input. This is called a default or a default judgment.
At the hearing, the judge will decide to grant or deny the motion. If the judge grants your motion, the default or a default judgment will be set aside, and the case will move forward.
A default judgment occurs when the defendant in a legal case fails to respond to a court summons or does not appear in court. If this occurs, a court may rule in favor of the plaintiff by default.
In the context of a civil lawsuit, a default judgment is a judgment in favor of one party based on the other's failure to respond or show up in court. In most cases, default judgments are made in favor of a plaintiff when a defendant doesn't respond to a suit.
On application a default judgment where the plaintiff has agreed in writing can be rescinded or varied. “On application” means that the applicant needs to serve on the plaintiff a copy of the application and file with the clerk of the court the application.
If default judgment has been entered incorrectly then the court will set it aside, although an application will usually need to be made.
Relief from a Judgment or Order. (a) Corrections Based on Clerical Mistakes; Oversights and Omissions. The court may correct a clerical mistake or a mistake arising from oversight or omission whenever one is found in a judgment, order, or other part of the record.
On a motion for a new trial in an action tried without a jury, the court may open the judgment if one has been entered, take additional testimony, amend findings of fact and conclusions of law or make new findings and conclusions, and direct the entry of a new judgment.
Johnson, 41 N.C. App. 299 (1979). Rule 60 codifies this practice, permitting the judge to correct clerical mistakes in judgments, orders, or other parts of the record at any time on the judge's own initiative or on a party's motion after such notice, if any, as the judge orders.
