This sample stipulation and order to vacate judgment in California can be used when the plaintiff and defendant agree to vacate the default and judgment so that the defendant can file an answer to the complaint. The author of this sample document has worked as a freelance paralegal in California and Federal litigation since 1995 and has created over 300 sample legal documents for sale.

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Any Attorney or Party
Any Street
Any Town, CA 55555
714-555-5555
Any Attorney or Party
Superior Court of the State of California
For the County of _________________
Any Plaintiff,
Plaintiff,
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Any Defendant, and DOES 1-5
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Case No.
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO VACATE
DEFAULT AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT
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Remove this notice and all other notices before using this
document.
THE PARTIES HEREIN STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the default entered against Defendant, ____________________ on ___________
is hereby vacated.
2. That the default judgment entered against Defendant, ____________________ on
___________is hereby vacated.
3. Defendant, ____________________ shall file an answer to the complaint within ____
calendar days from the date that this order is filed with the Court.
4. This stipulation and order may be executed in sub-parts, and facsimile and electronic
signatures shall have the same force and effect as original signatures.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CONTENT:
Dated________________ ________________________________________________
Plaintiff, _____________________
Dated________________ ________________________________________________
Defendant, ____________________
1PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES HEREIN, THE COURT
ORDERS, ADJUDGES AND DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the default entered against Defendant, ____________________ on ___________
is hereby vacated.
2. That the default judgment entered against Defendant, ____________________ on
___________is hereby vacated.
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3. Defendant, ____________________ shall file an answer to the complaint within ____
calendar days from the date that this order is filed with the Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED:
Dated________________ ________________________________________________
JUDGE/COMMISSIONER OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
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