Q: i was recently sued in court for a landlord tentant case me being the tentant and didnt know til the last court date he
is a lawyer and after showing in his paperwork summited that he had pictures of my kids and i dont know how he got them think he had cameras ans showing the judge that his receipts didnt match his bank statments and other things found out he opened my mail sent to his house and opened it and sended me copy ect and he still won she didnt mention nothing i had to say to him and he had me living in a inhabitable home with my five children we had to have a bucket for the kitchen sink he would not fix and i even purchased a new hot water tank and got it put in and he still won 6,000 dollars and something how is that possible and what do i do can i appeal it this is in mt morris michigan
A: The time period to appeal is very short and is explained in your copy of the court order. There are several actions you need to take to successfully appeal, and they need to be done timely or you completely miss the opportunity.
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