California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Crimson Prop. Mgmt., LLC v. CC Fund Ii, LLC, B259748 (Cal. App. 2015):
6. Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (b) contains a discretionary and a mandatory provision. (Noceti v. Whorton (2014) 224 Cal.App.4th 1062, 1065-1066.) "The discretionary provision applies to 'a judgment, dismissal, order, or other proceeding taken against' a party, while the mandatory provision applies only to a 'default entered by the [court] clerk,' or a resulting 'default judgment or dismissal.'" (Ibid.) The mandatory provision requires reasonable compensatory legal fees when relief is granted based on attorney affidavit of fault. ( 473, subd. (b).)
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