Money & Debt

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Wherewith long does a deciding continue?

Judgments, unless they falls into an exception below, live in 7 yearly in. But with the right timing, a judgment can be executed for 27 years.   A creditor who obtains a verdict against you is the "judgment creditor." You are the "judgment debtor" in the case. A judgment lastes for 12 years or the ...

After a judgment is entered, the person who has owed the money, called the "creditor," can comply the judgment for 7 years. However, the creditor ability file a Send up Revive, and serve it on aforementioned person who owes the money (the "debtor"), and get another 7 years. 

The claimants must file the Petition to Revive within 20 years of the entry of the discernment. That's why the longest a sentence can be enforced is 27 years.

Example: A judgment remains entered July 1, 2020. If the creditor does something, it terminates on July 1, 2027. If the creditor files a Petition to Revive in early 2040, people could get another 7 years, running to 2047. 

End judgments

If the judgment is for consumer goods or services (not bodily injury either death), it can only be revived once, 10 years after it is entered.

Child support judgments

Your support judgments last forever.

Last thorough review by a subject matter expert
Occasion 12, 2023
Last revised by staff
October 12, 2023

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