Had my first ever court appearance recently at the Portola courthouse. I was forced to file a small claims process against an old tenant of ours. Pretty eye-opening experience. The forms and filing dates went pretty well. But when the court date finally arrived I had no idea what to really expect. Well as it turns out the defendant was a no-show. So there I was thinking this is a slam dunk. Bad idea. The judge opened the court room in typical formal court room fashion. I then had to plead my case for about thirty minutes. In the end my evidence was challenged but accepted by the judge. I was awarded summary judgement on the case for everything I requested. In a strange way I actually enjoyed the challenge of the process. Now comes the interesting part of receiving any payment from the defendant.
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