Posted: 6/15/2005 2:59:34 PM EDT
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First off let me say that I am not looking for free legal advice, I would not mind paying for an opinion but I don't know who to go to. I have been to 3 attorneys and got somewhat the same answer from all three. I believe that Florida statutes define the term of a personal judgement as 20 years. In order to collect on a judgement it has to be turned in to a lein. Leins are only valid for 7 years but can be renewed within a specific time period for another 7 years. It is unclear to me if the action of filing the judgement constitutes the begining term for the lein as I think the lein is a different filing. All three attorneys thought that if a lein had not been filed within the initial 7 years and renewed within the specific time period the judgement was not enforcable, but they were all a little weak in their confidence as aparently there is no case law to back this up. Does anyone know of an attorney in the Orlando area who would know a difinitive answer?  |
John Morgan....for the People. 
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