Harper v. CANYON LAND DEVELOPMENT, LLC

OPINION

HALL, Judge.

¶ 1 This appeal requires us to determine whether a default judgment may be set aside pursuant to Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure (Rule) 60(c)(1) for excusable neglect when the defendant moves for relief within six months of the judgment but more than six months following the entry of default. The trial court denied Canyon Land Development, LLC (CLD)’s motion to set aside the default judgment on the basis that it was untimely. Concluding that the six-month limitation in Rule 60(c) commences when the judgment is filed and not when the default is entered, we vacate the trial…