Does a motion to vacate challenge the jurisdiction of the trial court?

There is a limited exception, however, to this non-appealability rule when a motion to vacate challenges the trial court's jurisdiction. (People v. Thomas, supra, 52 Cal.2d at p. 529.) "[J]urisdictional errors can be of two types. A court can lack fundamental authority over the subject matter, question presented, or party, making its judgment void, or it can merely act in excess of its jurisdiction or defined power, rendering the judgment voidable. [Citations]." (In re Marriage of Goddard (2004) 33 Cal.4th 49, 56.) The denial of a motion to vacate in these situations is appealable. But, where it is clear after review of the entire record and full consideration of the issues that the underlying motion raised no fundamental jurisdictional defect, that the judgment is not void on its face, and that the errors, if any, are not such as to render the judgment

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