HALL MORTGAGE FUND, LP VS. RENEE ALEXANDRA SMITH ET AL

SF Superior Court - Real Property / Housing Dept 501 - CUD25680035 - January 5, 2026 Hearing date: January 5, 2026 Case number: CUD25680035 Case title: HALL MORTGAGE FUND, LP VS. RENEE ALEXANDRA SMITH ET AL Case Number: | | CUD25680035 | Case Title: | | HALL MORTGAGE FUND, LP VS. RENEE ALEXANDRA SMITH ET AL | Court Date: | | 2026-01-05 09:30 AM | Calendar Matter: | | MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT/DEFAULT JUDGMENT/LEAVE TO DEFEND | Rulings: | | Real Property/Housing Court Law and Motion Calendar for January 5, 2026 line 13.

DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO VACATE DEFAULT AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT is GRANTED. The Court does not find that any of the statements in the Proof of Service of Summons are false. Nonetheless, Defendant has sufficiently shown that she did not receive actual notice of this lawsuit prior to November 5, 2025, as there is no evidentiary basis for the Court to find that Defendant's statements in her declaration to this effect are false. Thus relying on the belief that service occurred on November 5, 2025, Defendant had no reason to believe she needed to defend this action before default was entered on November 21, 2025. The Court finds that there is no reason to believe Defendant's lack of actual notice in time to defend this action was caused by Defendant's own avoidance of service or inexcusable neglect. =(501/CFH)

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