When the plaintiffs demanded a trial on the merits, they took onto themselves the burden of proof that their own unopposed testimony and evidence proved Barry was not NBC in the first two hearings, and in the third hearing that his BC was forged and his SS# never issued to him.
I don’t think the burden of proof changes depending on who shows up....
Ei incumbit probatio, qui dicit, non qui negat; cum per rerum naturam factum negantis probatio nulla sit....