Filing Small Claims in California: A Step-by-Step Guide
A step-by-step walkthrough of filing a small claims case in California: eligibility, choosing the court, form SC-100, current fees, and serving the defendant.
Rachel Monroe
Can You Delay an Eviction in Texas? Hardship Stays and Appeals
Texas gives tenants specific ways to slow an eviction: appealing to county court within 5 days, filing a Statement of Inability instead of an appeal bond, and the built-in delay before a writ of possession can be executed.
Wage Garnishment in Texas: What Creditors Can and Can’t Reach
Texas shields wages from most creditors. A judgment for an ordinary debt cannot reach a paycheck; only child support, spousal maintenance, and federal debts can. Here is the constitutional rule, the exceptions, and how creditors collect instead.
Filing a Small Claims Case in Texas Justice Court
How to file a small claims case in a Texas justice court: what qualifies, where to file, completing the petition, fees and service costs, and the deadlines for answering and appealing.
Squatters’ Rights in Texas: Removal Under SB 38
What “squatters’ rights” means in Texas: the adverse possession time limits that can lead to title, and how a property owner removes an unauthorized occupant through the eviction process, including the faster track added by SB 38.
Recording an Abstract of Judgment in Texas
An abstract of judgment, recorded with a Texas county clerk, creates a lien on the debtor’s non-exempt real property. How to obtain, record, and maintain it.
Texas Writ of Execution: Seizing Property to Collect a Judgment
A writ of execution is how a Texas judgment creditor collects: a constable seizes and sells the debtor’s nonexempt property. When it issues and what is exempt.
What It Takes to Win in Texas Small Claims Court
Winning a Texas small claims case comes down to proof. How the justice court hearing works, the burden of proof, and the evidence and witnesses that decide it.
How to Collect a Florida Small Claims Judgment
Winning is only half the job. How a judgment creditor collects a Florida small claims judgment through liens, writs of execution, and garnishment, and the exemptions that limit it.
Florida Small Claims Appeals: The 30-Day Circuit Court Path
A Florida small claims appeal goes to the circuit court and reviews the county court’s judgment for legal error, not for a new trial. Here are the 30-day deadline, the filing fee, the record requirement, and how to stop collection while the appeal is pending.
What Happens at a Florida Small Claims Hearing?
In Florida, the first small claims court date is a pretrial conference, not a trial. Here is how parties prepare: the pretrial conference, evidence, witnesses, mediation, and the trial itself.
Default Judgment in Florida Small Claims
How a default judgment works in Florida small claims: when a no-show defendant is defaulted, how the court sets the amount, and how to move to set one aside.