You are judgment proof if: You do not own anything of great value aside from exempt property like your homestead, a vehicle, household items and tools of your trade. Your income is from a protected (exempt) source.
Here are four ways to avoid paying a judgment: 1) Use asset protection tools such as an asset protection trust, 2) use legal exemptions, 3) negotiate with the creditor, 4) file for bankruptcy.
You must file a Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment and Notice of Hearing within 30 days of the date the default judgment was signed by the judge. See Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 329(b). In Justice Court, the deadline is 14 days.
You will not go to jail for having a judgment against you.
Do judgments expire in Texas? Judgments awarded in Texas to a non-government creditor are generally valid for ten years but can be renewed for longer. If a judgment is not renewed, it will become dormant. A creditor can request to revive a dormant judgment to continue to try and collect the debt.
You must file a Motion to Set Aside Default Judgment and Notice of Hearing within 30 days of the date the default judgment was signed by the judge. See Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 329(b). In Justice Court, the deadline is 14 days.
A judgment can remain on your credit report as long as it is “valid” or “active.” In Texas, judgments are valid (“active”) for at least 10 years and they can be renewed for another 10 years after that, and then another 10 year after that, and so on, indefinitely.
Under the common-law one-satisfaction rule, a plaintiff is entitled to only one recovery for any damages suffered.
A Texas judgment is valid for ten years from the date it is signed by the judge.