Justice v. Wallace

DONALDSON, Judge.

Charity M. (Wallace) Justice ("the mother") appeals from a default judgment entered in favor of Timothy A. Wallace ("the father") by the Winston Circuit Court ("the trial court"). The record shows that no entry of default was made against the mother and that the mother filed a responsive pleading several weeks before the default judgment was entered. Therefore, we reverse the judgment.

In August 2013, the mother and the father were divorced by a judgment of the trial court that, among other things, granted the parties joint custody of the parties' child, A.G.W. ("the child").…