In a divorce, family law or child custody matter, a default judgment can be an option for some parties to pursue. In other cases, a default judgment might have been entered upon them in their case.

Perhaps it is a coincidence, but the pandemic seems to have caused an uptick in Family Part default judgments. It makes sense that isolation, combined with the end of a marriage, would lead to, or ...

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