Can a motion for reconsideration be considered before final judgment is entered?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Marriage of Condon, In re, 62 Cal.App.4th 533, 73 Cal.Rptr.2d 33 (Cal. App. 1998):

8 A motion for reconsideration may only be considered before final judgment is entered and while the case is still pending in trial court. (Betz v. Pankow (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 931, 937, 20 Cal.Rptr.2d 841.)

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