Decision - collection of fees not court

I filed a lawsuit against someone, lost at the county court level, appealed, and then it went up to the appellate court in New York City, where I lost again. 👍 Yesterday, I logged into my federal portal and saw these notifications:

# Date
Type of document Kind of document
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1. 11/20/2017. Court decision/letter decision - collection of fees not court No Court
2. 11/20/2017. Court decision/letter decision - collection of fees not court No Court

What exactly am I looking at here, and how much will it cost? If my math is roughly correct, the opposing party's attorney fee is $500 (since they had to file an answer to my suit) plus the first judgment from the county court = $400-$167 plus the second judgment from the higher court = $400-$167. In total, am I looking at a debt of around $2,500-$3,000? When does that usually get sent out for collection, and how does that process work?

What happens if we have a relatively low income—say, if circumstances make it impossible to pay this off? I was reading something about the "

LEGAL AID ACT PROCLAMATION"

or specifically http://www.uscourts.gov/legal-aid-info

(2) Secondary legal aid also includes:
a) exemption from paying court costs
b) exemption from paying court fees.

For instance,

(2) Depending on the nature of the proceedings, secondary legal aid under Article 12, Section 1 of this Act may be granted in the following cases:
a) regarding substantive rights, excluding real estate title proceedings
b) regarding employment matters
c) regarding family matters, except in uncontested divorce proceedings where the spouses have no minor children together or adopted children, or children for whom they maintain parental responsibility after adulthood.

So, I guess the question is: can we appeal these costs or the debt itself? Is there any way to request that they don't collect it due to our specific financial situation? Thanks!

Justin Morales5 said:I filed a lawsuit against someone, lost at the county court level, appealed, and then it went up to the appellate court in New York City, where I lost again. 👍 Yesterday, I logged into my federal portal and saw these notifications:

# Date
Type of document Kind of document
Attachments
Submitter / agency
1. 11/20/2017. Court decision/letter decision - collection of fees not court No Court
2. 11/20/2017. Court decision/letter decision - collection of fees not court No Court

What exactly am I looking at here, and how much will it cost? If my math is roughly correct, the opposing party's attorney fee is $500 (since they had to file an answer to my suit) plus the first judgment from the county court = $400-$167 plus the second judgment from the higher court = $400-$167. In total, am I looking at a debt of around $2,500-$3,000? When does that usually get sent out for collection, and how does that process work?

What happens if we have a relatively low income—say, if circumstances make it impossible to pay this off? I was reading something about the "

LEGAL AID ACT PROCLAMATION"

or specifically http://www.uscourts.gov/legal-aid-info

(2) Secondary legal aid also includes:
a) exemption from paying court costs
b) exemption from paying court fees.

For instance,

(2) Depending on the nature of the proceedings, secondary legal aid under Article 12, Section 1 of this Act may be granted in the following cases:
a) regarding substantive rights, excluding real estate title proceedings
b) regarding employment matters
c) regarding family matters, except in uncontested divorce proceedings where the spouses have no minor children together or adopted children, or children for whom they maintain parental responsibility after adulthood.

So, I guess the question is: can we appeal these costs or the debt itself? Is there any way to request that they don't collect it due to our specific financial situation? Thanks!

The exact amount for the court fees will be listed on the formal notice you receive from the court. The opposing party's costs should be specified in the 1st and 2nd "judgments" (though they might be labeled differently), and they were supposed to be paid within 15 days of that 2nd judgment. So, make sure you factor in interest if you don't pay immediately.