CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
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Procedure After Trial/Hearing
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Attack on Judgments/Orders
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Void Judgments/Orders/Defaults
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Award of $275,000 to W rendered judgment void where her petition had not indicated that she was seeking any particular amount of damages for breach of fiduciary duty.
Atty fees awarded did not constitute the type of "relief" that must be stated by amount in the complaint to be recovered in a default judgment entered as discovery sanction.
Because complaint did not specify the amount of damages sought, it could not support a default judgment in any amount, and trial court erred in awarding $2.65 million to P.