Judgment Note Form For Default In Georgia
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The Request for Default Judgment and Affidavit must be electronically filed via eFileGA at . If you have any questions of procedure you may contact Court staff. If you have legal questions, these will need to be addressed to an attorney.
Depending on whether your pleading was verified, or not, this can be as quick as a few days in cases where the clerk can enter default, or as long as a few weeks in the event a hearing is necessary in order to secure a default judgment.
What is a Motion for Default Judgment? Imagine you've taken someone to court, but they've ignored all proceedings. A motion for default judgment allows you to ask the court to automatically decide in your favor due to the other party's lack of response or action.
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.
If a defendant fails to respond within those 30 days, the case is deemed to be “in default.” By statute, a defendant receives a grace period of an additional 15 days to automatically “open default,” without admitting to the plaintiff's allegations, under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-55(a).
The Rules define “default” as when “a party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought has failed to plead or otherwise defend,” and define “judgment” as “a decree and any order from which an appeal lies.” Read together, a default judgment is simply any judgment that results from a default.
For that purpose the judgment debtor should approach the plaintiff/judgment creditor or his/her/its attorney to obtain the written consent to rescission of judgment. There is however no requirement in law that obliges a plaintiff/judgment creditor to give a consent to rescission of judgment.
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.
Most importantly, however, a default judgment provides your client the opportunity and ability to preserve all relief sought against that party.
