Kaczmarczik v. Van Meter (In Re Van Meter)

How courts have described this case

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• holding that failure to serve debtors with filed complaint and issued summons rendered default judgment void
• stating that, despite amendment. Rule 4(j) applies in bankruptcy proceedings and action must be dismissed absent showing of good cause
• “A default judgment entered when there has been no proper service of the complaint is void, 23 and should be set aside.”

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