California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Saluto v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust, E053221 (Cal. App. 2012):
3. Sections 473, subdivision (b) and 473.5 include the same requirement that a motion for relief must be brought "within a reasonable time." Thus, the reasoning of the courts in the cases addressing section 473, subdivision (b) is fully applicable to the present case. (See Schenkel v. Resnik (1994) 27 Cal.App.4th Supp. 1, 4 ["Because the operative language in section 473 is the same as the language in section 473.5, we conclude that the same interpretation should be given to the reasonable time requirement set forth in both sections."].)
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