Portell v. Portell

GUNN, Presiding Judge.

In this dissolution of marriage proceeding, the petitioner-appellant’s pleadings were struck for failing to file timely answers to interrogatories. Default judgment was against petitioner. Her appeal alleges (1) trial court abuse of discretion in striking her pleadings and entering the default judgment; (2) error in refusing to allow her to participate in the trial; (3) error in the division of marital property. We affirm.

Petitioner-appellant instituted the dissolution proceedings which dawdled in court for a substantial period of time — about two years — before coming…