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enforcement of a judgement

  • 21-03-2006 10:59pm
    #1
    GilGrissom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭


    How long after obtaining a judgement in the circuit court can it be enforced for? How many years?


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  • #2
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    I think it is 6 years someone will correct me if I am wrong.


  • #3
    Turner
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,935 Mod ✭✭✭✭Turner


    I would have thought it could be anything up to indefinite but open to appeal ??


  • #4
    GilGrissom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭GilGrissom


    Sorry what I meant was enforcement of a judgement for a debt.


  • #5
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,773 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    The debt is perpetual i.e. it lasts forever. It even gets passed on to your heirs after you die (if there are no provisions that the debt be paid off on your death, of course e.g. if you have a life assurance policy etc).


  • #6
    Our man in Havana
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    I thought that debts die in the sense the estate must pay them after you die and if there is no money then tough.


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  • #7
    milkytigerrr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭milkytigerrr


    Civil debt = Can follow into your estate
    Criminal debt = can only be enforced in your lifetime


  • #8
    NUTLEY BOY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭NUTLEY BOY


    I thought that judgments were enforceable for 12 years.

    If the defendant does not pay I think that you have to get additional paperwork done and then pass it to the local SHERIFF to enforce it. Not always a roaring success.

    If your defendant owns a house you might be able to register a judgment mortgage against the title. That way you can encumber their title unless they pay you.

    Mind you all of this incurs extra expenditure.

    In passing, as far as civil actions against deceased persons are concerned I think that there is an overriding time limit of 2 years from date of death.


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