Charbonneau v. Charbonneau

Opinion

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court improperly denied the defendant’s motion to open a judgment rendered after the defendant was defaulted for failing to appear. We conclude that it did not and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On July 18, 1997, a default judgment was rendered in this marital dissolution action dissolving the marriage of the plaintiff and defendant, awarding $1 per year in alimony to the plaintiff and ordering the marital home transferred to the plaintiff by judicial decree. The trial *312court also issued a restraining order against the…