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We recently won a judgement in a civil case. The opposing party had 10 days to file an appeal and 30 days to pay the judgement if an appeal wasn't filed. We haven't been contacted concerning an appeal so we assume (and hope) that the defendant isn't going to appeal.
The judgement due date is fast approaching and we wondered what our next step would be - if the debt isn't paid. I called the court prothonotary today and was told that they couldn't tell me how to proceed, they're only able to file the paperwork. Although the attorney that represented us was exceptionally good, we hoped to be able to handle collecting the payment ourselves due to the added cost of having our attorney handle it. Could anyone give us some suggestions about how to proceed? If the prothonotary can't assist us - should I contact the sherriff about it? We'd appreciate any suggestions that you have to offer.
We recently won a judgement in a civil case. The opposing party had 10 days to file an appeal and 30 days to pay the judgement if an appeal wasn't filed. We haven't been contacted concerning an appeal so we assume (and hope) that the defendant isn't going to appeal.
The judgement due date is fast approaching and we wondered what our next step would be - if the debt isn't paid. I called the court prothonotary today and was told that they couldn't tell me how to proceed, they're only able to file the paperwork. Although the attorney that represented us was exceptionally good, we hoped to be able to handle collecting the payment ourselves due to the added cost of having our attorney handle it. Could anyone give us some suggestions about how to proceed? If the prothonotary can't assist us - should I contact the sherriff about it? We'd appreciate any suggestions that you have to offer.