Court Opinion

ID: 9727883
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 13:51:58.029125+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:44.100802
License: Public Domain

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN, specially concurring: I concur with the majority opinion. However, I believe the trial courts in situations like this should insist on both parties being present in open court when it hears evidence in default divorce cases involving agreements of parties in domestic matters. Had this been done in this case, it is inconceivable that the motion to vacate would have been filed. Thus, a lot of time and expense and recrimination between the parties would have been prevented. Then too, when motions to vacate provisions of a default divorce decree are filed, the integrity of the judicial process is really being questioned. This could be avoided by having both parties in court.