Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Indiana
I have a dispute with a former landlord concerning damage to my property. We went to small claims court, and the judge was not able to give an immediate ruling. While waiting to receive the ruling by mail, I get a notice that negative imformation was placed on my credit. After viewing my credit report, I discover that the judge had ruled in favor of the landlord, however I never received the ruling because the courts sent it to a P.O. box that I rarely check. Now the thirty days to appeal has expired. I'm not sure where the court got the P.O. box address from, since the document that I filled out, has my current address on it, and during my testimony in court, I stated on record what my address is. Is there anything that I can do now, since the court did not send the info. to my address of record
2 Answers from Attorneys
Yes, you can file a request to file a belated motion to correct errors, stating your grounds for appeal, and explaining the situation.
Probably not. It was really incumbent upon you to check to see whether there had been a ruling. If there are grounds to do anything, it would take the services of an attorney to do the proper filings on your behalf. But the costs of an appeal might be more than the judgment.
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