Adam v. Van Buren

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court denying appellant’s petition to vacate judgment. We affirm.

The plaintiff (appellee) brought an action against appellant to establish the paternity of her child and seeking payment of her maternity expenses and support for the child. SDCL ch. 25-8. Appellee was a resident of South Dakota and appellant a resident of Nebraska. After being personally served in Nebraska, appellant failed to answer. Upon appellee’s affidavit and application for default the court entered a default judgment on April 29, 1978, granting her the relief she requested.…