called to active service in the reserves or National Guard, or.

active duty in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or.

People in military service have special protections against default judgments in civil cases. Military service means: If the other party has not filed an answer or other responsive pleading within the time allowed, file the required forms to ask for a default judgment: Step 3 - File the required forms with the court to ask for a default judgment If the case is for eviction the defendant has 3 days to answer. If the other party is served outside Utah, they have 30 days to answer.

If the other party is served in Utah, they have 21 days from when they were served to answer. The other party has a limited amount of time to respond by filing an answer (or another document) with the court. Step 2 – Wait for the other party to respond You must have the documents served correctly or the court might not process your default papers. The summons requires the other party to answer the complaint or petition within a certain amount of time. Have the other party served the complaint or petition and a summons. These are the steps to ask for a default judgment: Step 1 - Serve the other party with the complaint and summons For example, a defendant (or respondent) did not file an answer to a complaint within the required time, or a plaintiff (or petitioner) did not answer a counterclaim within the required time.Ī default judgment is the court order entered against the party who defaulted. Default means a party has not done what is required of them in the time allowed.

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