The wife claims attorney failure by her former counsel with respect to the default, and the plaintiff husband claims a deliberate default by the wife in order to accomplish the termination of the marriage for reasons of her own. Under the circumstances, the default judgment should not have been vacated without a hearing. (See 1 Foster-Freed, Law and the Family, [rev. ed.], § 16:6, Opening or vacating default...
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