22-515. Setting of trials; failure to appear; continuances

A. On the filing of an answer by the defendant, the clerk shall set the action for hearing. The hearing shall be set for a date within sixty days of the filing of the defendant's answer. The clerk shall notify the parties of the time and place of the hearing.

B. Any party failing to appear at the time set for hearing risks having an appropriate judgment entered against that party.

C. Continuances of hearings shall be granted only for good cause.