teresamb Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Hello, I'd appreciate any feedback given on this. I'm located in TN, judgment filed here as well. I have a judgment on my credit report that has already been marked as SATISFIED. I've tried to file a Motion to Set Aside the judgment, to have it removed/ dismissed from my credit report. I'm trying to buy a home and the judgment is hurting my credit scores. The court clerk told me that I can't file the motion myself, I was told that the motion MUST be filed by an attorney. I called the plaintiff's atty (Shon Leverett, with Morgan & Pottinger) back again about filing the motion but the reps keep telling me that since the judgment has already been satisfied/ released, then there is no judgment to file the motion on. Does SATISFIED mean the same thing as RELEASED? Is there a chance that I can dispute the judgment with the CRA using the "Motion of Satisfaction" and "Lien Release" only, or MUST I have that Motion to Set Aside filed and signed by the judge? Please advise... Thanks in advance!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BV80 Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 @teresamb You have 2 identical threads, so I'm deleting the other one. It's best to have only one thread so that you and other posters don't have to go back and forth between threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teresamb Posted September 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Ok, thanks. I just joined and am new at this, but for future references I'll know how to do this next time. Thanks again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest usctrojanalum Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 This would be tricky to research. What you want to do is find statutory or case law that defines what happens to a case or judgment after it is denoted as satisfied. In the State of New York, once a satisfaction of judgment is filed the entire case and debt is considered extinguished, and there can be no other motions or court action on the case (there are a few exceptions like fraud, misrepresentation and mistake). I would start by searching the rules of civ pro, or the equivalent in your jurisdiction and start by looking under "satisfactions of judgments, generally" usually that's a good start. if you find a source that is annotated, that would be much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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