You were awarded a monetary judgment. Now what? 1. Wait to act until the end of the appeal period. After a judgment is issued, debtors have a period of time in which they can file an appeal. Beginning your collection
A ‘foreign’ judgment, according to Florida Statute 55.502(1), is a judgment, decree, or order of a court of any other state, territory or commonwealth of the United States. If a judgment was entered in another state, but the debtor lives
If your judgment debtor is in the military, you may be thinking you’ve hit a wall with judgment enforcement efforts. That is not necessarily true. There are laws protecting the civil interests of those with active duty military status; and
USEFUL TIPS – FLORIDA JUDGMENTS Once you’ve been awarded a judgment, the first thing you should do is file a Judgment Lien Certificate with the Florida Department of State. This is not a mandatory step in the judgment recovery process,
There seems to be no shortage of loopholes in the system for debtors. Attention creditors of Florida judgments! What if I told you there were possible loopholes to benefit YOU? The statute of limitations for Florida judgments is 20 years…or
The judgment recovery process is just that – a process. Winning your case and walking away with the judgment you were awarded can be gratifying, but it’s usually only half the battle. Although valid judgments are enforceable, they are essentially
A powerful tool for creditors of Florida judgments There are times when traditional judgment enforcement paths do not yield adequate results and supplementary measures must be implemented. If judgment creditors are unable to satisfy their judgments after obtaining a writ