Christy A. v. Arizona Department of Economic Security

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a parent who has failed to appear retains the right to participate and testify regarding best interests
• discussing and finding \instructive\ in termination context what is required to show \good cause\ for setting aside entry or judgment of default
• considering a default judgment following a parent’s failure to appear at trial
• “[T]he juvenile court has engrafted the concept of ‘default’ . . . into the juvenile court rules or, at least, is utilizing the ‘default’ terminology when a parent fails to appear.”
• “In the . . . scenario where the parent fails to appear but is still represented by counsel, the court may proceed in that parent’s absence because his or her rights will be protected by the presence and participation of counsel.”
• meritorious defense must be established by facts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).