How llong does it take for court to decide on a Motion to Vacate Judgment

[jazz_nh]

I was granted a motion to dismiss by NH Superior court on March 15th in which the Plaintiff filed a motion to vacation judgement on or around March 22nd. I have filed objection to the motion as well as Plaintiff sending responses to my objection.

Is there a set time frame that the court uses to rule again on this, if they will vacate of keep original ruling ? It's been 2 weeks since the dismissal and a little over a week since the motion to vacate and objections have gone back and forth.

[Guest usctrojanalum]

Totally dependent on the Court, the amount of judges, the size of the caseload. Whether it's a civil calendar only or if they judges handle both civil and criminal. No way to really answer the question unless you can pull up that Courts cases online - look for decisions and the date that the papers based on those decisions were drafted or submitted.

[legaleagle]

This should be in the rules. Here, the court has 120 days to make a ruling. If they don't, you have to reclaim the item and get it back on the calendar.

[jazz_nh]

Looks like here in NH it's 60 days if I read this correctly. Just found this....

THey have 60 days to decide once it's handed to them by the clerk.... but my question now is... how long does the clerk have to hand it to the Judge ?

SUPERIOR COURT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 2

The Justices and Masters of the Superior Court shall file with the Clerk decisions in all pending matters within 60 days of the final date of their submission to them for determinations. The Clerks shall keep a register of all decisions pending longer than 60 days. Judges, Masters and Clerks shall report to the Chief Justice all decisions pending for more than 60 days. Upon written request of a Justice or Master, the Chief Justice may extend the deadline.