In any event, it is well settled that, absent proof to the contrary, a default judgment is presumed, to have been rendered upon sufficient proof of each essential element of the claim as if each element had been specifically denied. Succession of Rock v. Allstate Life Insurance Co., 340 So.2d 1325 (La. 1976); Elliott v. Lewis, 384 So.2d 517 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1980); Mouton v. Mosley, 448 So.2d 893 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1984). The judgment of July 19, 1979 is therefore presumed to have been supported by competent proof and is now final.