STATE EX REL. DEP'T OF ECON. SEC. v. PENNEL

No. 1 CA-CV 23-0236 FC.

551 P.3d 1172 (2024)

In re the Matter of: STATE of Arizona, EX REL., DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY, (Melissa Tiger), Petitioners/Appellees, v. Michael PENNEL, Respondent/Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

Filed June 4, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fromm Smith & Gadow, P.C. Phoenix, By Stephen R. Smith, Christopher J. Torrenzano, Counsel for Petitioner/Appellee Melissa Tiger.

Arizona Attorney General's Office, Phoenix, By Amber Pershon, Counsel for Petitioner/Appellee Arizona Department of Economic Security.

Berkshire Law Office, PLCC, Tempe, By Keith Berkshire, Kristi Reardon, Alexandra Sandlin, Counsel for Respondent/Appellant Michael Pennel.

Presiding Judge Michael J. Brown delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Judge Andrew M. Jacobs and Chief Judge David B. Gass joined.


OPINION

¶1 Michael Pennel ("Father") appeals the superior court's order denying his motion to set aside a default judgment that ordered him to pay child support to Melissa Tiger ("Mother"). Because Mother failed to show that service through alternative means was justified, or that service through such means was reasonably...

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