CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure After Trial/Hearing
......Attack on Judgments/Orders
.........Void Judgments/Orders/Defaults
............In General
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Court may set aside any void order or judgment.

Default judgment based on a complaint that apprises a D of the nature of the P's demand but does not adequately state a C/A is in excess of jurisdiction, rendering a judgment voidable rather than void.

Void judgment may be set aside at any time without regard to six-month limit in CCP §473.

Void and voidable orders distinguished.