Bocker v. Crisp

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

After conducting a trial in this case without defendant Mark Bocker or his attorney present, the superior court entered judgment against Bocker and in favor of Pam Crisp. Bocker appeals from the judgment, contending that the court abused its discretion in (1) denying his motion for continuance when illness prevented him from appearing at the trial of the case, and (2) denying his motion to reconsider the ruling on the motion for continuance and to set aside the judgment. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Crisp filed a petition in probate court seeking, inter alia,…