CARTER v. HARRIS

No. 96, September Term, 1987.

312 Md. 371 (1988)

539 A.2d 1127

HELENA LACONTESS CARTER v. WILLIAM JAMES HARRIS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Flax (Charles N. Ketterman and Donahue, Ehrmantraut & Montedonico, Chartered, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

Charles Mentzer, Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before, MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

Maryland Rule 2-613 sets forth provisions relating to the entry of an order of default, to possible vacation of that order, and to entry of a default judgment if there is no vacation. In this case we focus on the provisions concerning possible vacation of the default order. We must decide whether, under the facts presented, there was adequate compliance with these provisions. If there was not, we must determine the consequences of noncompliance...

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