In Florida, a “void judgment” is so defective that it is deemed never to have had legal force and effect, while a “voidable judgment” is a judgment that has been entered based upon some error in procedure that allows a party to have the judgment vacated, but the judgment has legal force and effect unless and until it ...
Vacating a Florida Judgment Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.540 allows a defendant to vacate of judgment for numerous reasons including: mistake, inadvertence, surprise, excusable neglect, newly discovered evidence, the judgment is void or the judgment has been satisfied.
On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or a party's legal representative from a final judgment, decree, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been ...
The original Motion to Vacate must be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court's Office, and courtesy copies must be sent the Child Support Hearing Officer and the Judge assigned to your case.
The motion shall be filed within a reasonable time, and for reasons (1), (2), and (3) not more than 1 year after the judgment, decree, order, or proceeding was entered or taken.
After a judgment for possession is entered, your landlord must file a writ of restitution in order to evict you. Your landlord must wait 2 days after the judgment is entered to file the writ. The U.S. Marshals Service can schedule your eviction as soon as 3 days after your landlord files the writ.
A motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action will be granted only if the movant establishes that the pleader has failed to properly plead all of the necessary elements of the particular claim. This hinges on the substantive law for the different elements of different causes of action.
Return to the Clerk of the Court that originally issued your judgment and ask for a Writ of Execution. Deliver the Writ to the sheriff's department for the county where the debtor's property is located. Provide the sheriff's department with: A deposit to cover their fees and costs.
You may call the Hillsborough County Registry of Deeds at 882-6933 with the request or e-mail your request to hilscopies@nhdeeds by entering this address or using the link on the home page. Copy charges are noted online at the website.