Default Order or Judgment - Divorce Encyclopedia

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Term Definition Default Order or Judgment - an order or judgment made based on only the plaintiff’s (petitioner’s) complaint, due to no response or presence of the defendant (respondent).

Application in Divorce A default judgment by default may be entered against him or her. In other words, a person must make a case by appearing to have a case.

Default, however, is sometimes used to expedite the workings of the law, as in the case of a spouse who files take care of the details and the other just sits back and lets it happen. A default divorce is "easy" and a lawyer is not necessary.

See Default Divorce.

See also Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 (SSCRA).

See Default Divorce.