If the defendant does not appear in court, the court will also issue a summons. If he still does not appear in court after issuing a summons, the court will summon him. If he does not appear in court after being summoned, the court will make a judgment by default, and the judgment result may be unfavorable to the defendant.
If it is not a divorce, inheritance and other cases, both the plaintiff and the defendant can entrust a lawyer to represent the case, and the lawyer will appear in court, and the parties need not appear in court. However, if it is a divorce case, the parties must appear in court.
Legal basis:
Article 144 of the Civil Procedure Law stipulates: "If the defendant refuses to appear in court without justifiable reasons after being summoned by summons, or withdraws from court without the permission of the court, he may make a judgment by default."
Even if the defendant does not appear in court or withdraws from court, the court can make a judgment by default. However, it is worth noting that if the defendant who must appear in court refuses to appear in court after being summoned twice by the people's court without justifiable reasons, the people's court may take compulsory measures to force him to appear in court according to the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law.
Defendants who must appear in court generally refer to defendants who claim alimony, maintenance, upbringing, pension, labor remuneration and divorce cases, and other defendants who cannot find out the case without appearing in court.