Topic - civil litigation. Upon reaching a settlement, do timeframes exist for the defendant to make payment?
413306
There are two separate questions.\n\nFirst, settlements include details of payment, including time-frames.  As such, only your attorney will know, unless you have a copy of the settlement agreement that you can check yourself.\n\nSecond, with regards to when you see money, check your attorney's fee agreement.  The likely scenario is that a check was/is being cut to your attorney.  Your attorney will then hold it in escrow/a trust while calculating the costs and fees that the lawyer / law firm accrued during the course of your case.  Costs and fees are explained in your attorney's fee agreement.  Once complete, your attorney will likely send you 1) an accounting of the settlement amount, costs, and fees (depending on the state law) and 2) a check for residual amount (ie - the amount of money due you after all expenses).  You should receive this promptly within an reasonable time for calculations.
418715
Well - you have to ask yourself - is it worth going to court for. Depending on how much money it is, you can either go to small claims or go for a civil suit. I'm nearly 100% sure that you can probably get them to settle but you need some type of documented paperwork. In a civil suit - its beyond a preponderance - so - as long as your evidence provides at least 50% - its not beyond a reasonable doubt. Again - i'd need to know more about the case - but in general - you need the paper work documenting what they said - otherwise it becomes a game of he said she said.
261812
None.  You are released by the court.  You sue the state and receive a settlement in the millions.
563356
They will go to court in a law suit, and can take years.\n\nI had one in MO that took about 9 years and then the insurance company finally offered an ok settlement.\nIf not, it could have taken longer.
495678
There is no time limit.  You must petition the courts (best get an attorney to help) to have this rectified.
1097565
sounds like you should call his probation officer I'm not familiar w/La laws but in Texas it's up to the probation officer as to how long he can slide by but it's usually no more than a couple weeks such as 'man, they messed up my pay check and I ain't got the money' whatever excuse to get them of his back until next payday
1072675
I had a judgement filed against me. I paid the debt. I am now in the process of debt recovery. I did find out that when they file a judgement, you can call the lawyer in charge of the action and talk to them about debt repayment. The interest didn't mount up either after the judgement was filed. The only draw back is that they keep it on file for the next 6 years after the debt is satisfied
169429
No! The case has been SETTLED. What you can do is try to sue your lawyer for negligence or something to that effect. :)\n\nGood Luck
723340
Only if you can prove that you attempted to pay before the 3 days was up. (A certified letter offering to pay will work just fine.)
849472
A company can consider one day 'slow pay'.  But that's rare.\n\nThe typical time frame for slow payment(s) on a credit report starts when the payment is 30 days late.  Then it goes to 60, 90 and 120 days etc.\n\nCredit Reports don't show a payment that's 2 days late or 10 days late.  Reporting kicks in at 30 days.
340194
My understanding and work experience has been "it depends on the circumstances".  If both parties are in agreement, it can go very smoothly and I've seen a response back in 1-2 days.  Other times, when the case is rough, it has been know to take longer -  up to a week.
729221
Check with the finacial institution used to make the payment.  If you did not make the payment yourself, then you have to ask the appropriate court to make sure the payment has been made.
1040341
It all depends on what type of conviction (misdemeanor or felony), in what court (state or federal), and how much time has passed since you were convicted (a certain date) and completed all of the Court's orders (most likely a different date), for example, completed probation, paying all fines or restitution.\n\nSome more information please.
185628
The prior poster was correct when they said that it depends on when the liens were filed - "first in time equals first in line" to get paid.  And in some cases, a lien may take priority over the lender (I know of several cases where there were delays in the mortgage company filing the mortgage, so liens took priority).
1086605
probably years. The insurance company will try to sweat you out, make you wait til your are bankrupt if they can. Meanwhile don't settle, and don't use an attorney that charges a percentage of your settlement. \n\nIf you hold your course, and get an attorney who will listen to you you can get them to court way faster. Just do the Nancy Regan and say no when they ask for extensions. \n\nHey it worked for me/
640261
If the suit was settled and the settlement has been paid without appeal (which can take a while), then the settlement funds should have gone into a trust to be paid to the class members.  You need to find the trustee for the class and find out about claim procedures.  The best way to do that is probably to contact the class attorneys.  Good luck.
246222
I think right away.  I just had a dispute with one of the items on my credit report and they got the ball rolling right away and within 30 days it was resolved.  If you have further questions either ask your local finacial adviser or go to annualcreditreport.com.