CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure After Trial/Hearing
......Attack on Judgments/Orders
.........Void Judgments/Orders/Defaults
............In Excess of Court's Jurisdiction
5 Cards On This Topic:
  • Appeal of order denying mother's motion to vacate stipulated support judgment proper where mother did not agree to settlement and judgment void.
  • Court has jurisdiction to decide issues parties submit by stipulation.
  • Stipulated order of trial court to terminate custody rights is void and may be vacated.
  • Once preliminary facts necessary to exercise of jurisdiction established, party may not collaterally attack judgment later by challenging those facts.
  • Cases dealing with void orders.