Pay Judgment Within 28 Days In Massachusetts
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Rule 55(a) authorizes the entry of default when the opposing party has "failed to plead or otherwise defend". The language includes a defendant's complete failure to file any papers at all, as well as his failure, after filing an appearance, to file an answer.
California allows the judgment to last ten years and it can be renewed for an additional ten years if the creditor files the required forms in a timely fashion. Failure to renew the judgment prior to the ten-year time limit voids the judgment forever.
That's a crucial question. Short answer: Judgments generally last three to seven years, but they can also be valid for over 20 years in some states.
There are four major steps to collecting after a Massachusetts court judgment: Get a writ of execution. Locate the debtor's assets. Direct a deputy sheriff to seize the debtor's non-exempt assets. Have the sheriff sell off the debtor's non-exempt assets to satisfy the debt.
If a spouse doesn't respond to a divorce petition in Massachusetts, the court may grant a default judgment. This means the court presumes the non-responding spouse agrees to the terms proposed by the petitioning spouse, which could include property division, child custody, and spousal support.
