California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Grappo v. McMills, 11 Cal.App.5th 996, 240 Cal.Rptr.3d 164 (Cal. App. 2017):
Lopez v. Fancelli (1990) 221 Cal.App.3d 1305, 1312, 271 Cal.Rptr. 87, the first case cited in the Benchbook: The rules pertaining to defaults and default judgments must be precisely followed to ensure that a defaulting defendant is aware of plaintiffs claims. " ( Fasuyi, supra, 167 Cal.App.4th at p. 691, 84 Cal.Rptr.3d 351.)
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