Q: I am the defendant in a case where the original judge took a matter under submission.
The plaintiff was suing me for 10,000. This amount includes rents collected after my father passed away. I agree I owed her for that, however the deposits I refuse to pay. The plaintiff did not provide a contract, its just word of mouth details. My father was a realtor and he negotiated a lease hold with the plaintiff father. The small claims amount includes deposits that were negotiated by the plaintiff father and my father 20 years ago. I was forced to pay back the rents by a Inglewood detective prior to the small claims. After hearing the case, the judge ruled in the plaintiff for $3000. This submission did not specify what the amount was for. Which leads the plaintiff thinking the $3000 is for deposits. I would assume the judge is making sure i paid the rents plus the court fees. So I submitted my proof of payment. The courts accepted my satisfied judgement and a new judge reinstated the original amount based on the fact that I paid the plaintiff before judgement was entered.
A: I don't know the details of your case, but when a plaintiff wins a small claims judgment you have 30 days from the date the judgment is entered into the court record to appeal the judge's decision. If the 30 days have not run, you should immediately file an appeal of the decision with the Court.
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