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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS

EARLIN FAYE WEBSTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v CURTIS L. WEBSTER, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED December 1, 2009

No. 285848 Genesee Circuit Court LC No. 07-273592-DM

Before: Borrello, P.J., and Whitbeck and K.F. Kelly, JJ. PER CURIAM. Defendant appeals as of right from a judgment of divorce. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm. The parties married in 1988 and plaintiff gave birth to the parties' only child on October 15, 1991. Plaintiff filed her complaint for divorce on March 14, 2007, and then filed an affidavit and default on June 11, 2007, as a result of defendant's failure to answer the complaint or appear in the action. A default was entered on that date. On February 21, 2008, plaintiff filed a motion to enter a default judgment, and on March 3, 2008, the trial court held a hearing on plaintiff's motion. Defendant appeared at the hearing without counsel, and when questioned by the trial court as to why he had not hired an attorney, the following exchange occurred: THE COURT: Why

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