I want my money - and I want it in 21 days?

One of the greatest things about living in a small town is just how fast the mail gets here. Nothing else moves fast, so why not?

We went to court on Tuesday and bright and early Wednesday the order of judgment was in my mail box. Basically, they have 21 days to pay me, or we go back to court. First, we file a Discovery Subpoena, which means that they have to come to court and tell the court the address (of corporate headquarters, I assume), what assets they have, where they are located, where they bank and any other information that the court deems necessary. Blood type? Astrological sign? I can only imagine...

After we get that information, the court will issue a Writ of Garnishment. Fourteen days after the writ is issued, the courts will take the money out of their bank account and hold it for 28 days, to allow for the defendant to object. Then, we get the money. All of this time the courts will charge the defendant interest, too. They would also have to pay our filing costs again. (The judgment was for damages + court costs.)

So now we wait. The popular opinion around here is that they will wait as long as they can to pay, and may even make us go for the garnishment, just to be jerks.

I think it is crap that they have 21 days to pay me. They lost. Waiting 21 days isn't going to do anything but make interest pile on. They should have been required to write me a check right then and there, but that is just my opinion.

So far, I have had three people ask me for copies of the pictures we took to court, so that they can file their own lawsuit.

As a side note, the maintenance man has been working his butt off since we went to court. Also, suddenly there were painters at the clubhouse today, painting what has needed to be painted for two years. We will see how long this lasts.