Under recent amendments to Code of Civil Procedure section 473 (section 473), upon a timely filed motion for relief a trial court must vacate a default or resulting default judgment upon the sworn affidavit of the defaulting party's attorney attesting to his mistake, inadvertence, surprise or neglect "unless the court finds that the default ... was not in fact...
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