Swearing in Court

Gramma,

Apparently, the judge believed the renter's lies in court.  I received notice that liability and damages were not proven by a preponderance of evidence,  This was scrawled on the judgment by the judge. Someone got bad grades in penmanship.  All my pictures were neatly labeled on the backs as to what the damage was and how it occurred.  It is a rare occurrence for the court to actually do anything about perjury.  There should be a swear jar. 

I spent half the day trying to figure out how to file a simple Demand for Removal/Appeal From Conciliation Court to District Court, and an Affidavit of Good Faith.  There was a $325.00 filing fee.  I put it in the mail today, one copy went to the renter and one to the court.

The happygram should reach her tomorrow.  I even put a pretty seal on the back to make it look like a candy.  It will upset her weekend.  She will be frazzled and indignant and complain to all of her family.  I debated whether to file this paperwork, but I live to annoy and bitch needs annoying, especially after all the years she annoyed me. 

I suspect that this case will be scheduled sometime far into the future, as the District Court is usually backed up like the cesspool that it is.  In the process of finding filing information, I found the info necessary to file for garnishment of wages or disclosure of financial accounts.  I'm glad it was raining today.  I don't have the patience to spend a nice day doing this kind of thing. 

I know of one female judge who hates having to take her turn in Small Claims Court.  She is notoriously ill tempered, randomly making judgments without hearing the evidence.  If a meeting of the minds is not hammered out in the mediation process, you will suffer her ire.  Everyone in the courthouse is wary of the wrath of Atilla the Hun.  Nobody dares enough to address the situation.  Fear of retaliation or lack of give a shit? 

For years, my observation is that the court is a fickle place, a crapshoot.  In some fields of work, there is that whole code of not outing offenders--doctors, lawyers and police in particular.  It's that not shitting in your own sandbox thing.  In the ledger of favors owed and owing, one doesn't burn bridges.  For many years, I have said there is only one thing I fear in this country, and that is the legal system.