Is a judgment not based upon a valid waiver of the debtor's due process rights void?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Little v. Sanchez, 166 Cal.App.3d 501, 213 Cal.Rptr. 297 (Cal. App. 1985):
Any judgment not based upon a valid waiver of a debtor's due process rights is voidable at any time. As observed in Cross v. Tustin (1951) [166 Cal.App.3d 505] 37 Cal.2d 821, 825, 236 P.2d 142, "a court has inherent power to expunge a fraudulent record or set aside a decree procured by extrinsic
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