CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure After Trial/Hearing
......Attack on Judgments/Orders
.........Void Judgments/Orders/Defaults
............Amount of Prayer Not Specified
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • 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.