Q: Court order states that I must pay my ex money in 120 days.120 days from the judgment or 120 days from when we filed?
I am just needing to know If my 120 days start from the day the judge made his judgment or 120 days from when all parties, and the judged signed the document and it was filed?
A: You should bring your document to a trusted attorney for them to review, specifically after checking the court docket for the court's corresponding minute order. The time usually starts ticking when a family court judge conveys an order. That is, when the order is verbalized to you by the Judge, even before it is entered in the record by the court. The verbal order gives you constructive notice and the verbal order is usually written and entered as a minute order by the court clerk. The time lag for a minute order to be drafted into an official order by one side or the other and then filed could be after the 120 days.
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