| Instructions
These instructions are to help you
represent yourself in collecting on a civil judgment. Legal
words and court documents can be confusing. If a judgment has
been entered for you and the party that owes you money has
not paid, you may seek to collect on your judgment. Some
information about filling out forms in connection with the
collection of a judgment may make you more comfortable with the
procedures when you come to court. These instructions will give
you some useful information and instructions on filling out any
necessary forms.
Every case is
different and these instructions are to be used as a guide only;
if you think you need more help you may want to get an
attorney. You can also go to a
Court Service Center or contact the
Connecticut Network for Legal
Aid or
find additional information at the Law Libraries.
Court Staff can help you understand the legal process, and while
they may give you procedural information, they cannot
give you legal advice.
Some forms that you may need to
collect on a Civil Judgment include:
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Post Judgment Remedies – Interrogatories (JD-CV-23)
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Interrogatories (JD-CV-23a)
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Petition for Examination of Judgment Debtor/Notice of
Hearing (JD-CV-54)
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Wage Execution Proceedings, Application, Order, Execution
(JD-CV-3)
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Exemption and Modification Form, Wage Execution (JD-CV-3a)
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Property Execution Proceedings, Application, Order,
Execution (JD-CV-5)
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Exemption Claim Form, Property Execution (JD-CV-5b)
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Financial Institution Execution Proceedings, Judgment Debtor
who is a Natural Person, Application, Execution (JD-CV-24)
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Financial Institution Execution Proceedings – Judgment
Debtor who is NOT a Natural Person, Application and
Execution (JD-CV-24N)
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Exemption Claim Form, Financial Institution Execution
(JD-CV-24a)
Post Judgment Interrogatories are questions that are sent to
defendants that have not paid as ordered. The person who is owed
money is allowed to ask the person who owes the money several
questions to see if any funds can be found. The
questions on the form include questions about bank accounts,
jobs, and other assets.
The Petition for Examination of Judgment Debtor and Notice of
Hearing is a form that you may fill out if you are owed money by
a defendant that has not paid as ordered by the court. You would
fill out the form, send it to the Clerk’s Office and you
would get a date for a hearing. The form would be given back
to you and you would need to have a State Marshal deliver or serve the
order for hearing on the defendant. At the hearing, the
defendant would have to answer questions under oath about his or
her income and his or her assets.
There are three types of Executions that you can seek to levy
against a defendant that has not paid as ordered in a
judgment. There are Property Executions, Wage Executions, and
Financial Institution or Bank Executions. You file the
application for execution of your choice and the accompanying
exemption form and pay the fee. The fee you pay can also be
collected as an amount owed to you. After you receive the
completed Execution back from the Clerk’s Office, you give the
Execution to a State Marshal to have it delivered to or served
on the other party. There is no fee to you to have a State
Marshal attempt the Execution against the debtor. The Clerk’s
Office or the Court Service Center can give you a
list of State
Marshals. The State
Marshal will let you know if the execution is levied. If the
Marshal is unable to levy the execution it is necessary to
return any unsatisfied execution to the Clerk’s Office before
you can apply for another type of execution.
You may go to the Court Service Center for help completing these
or any other forms. Any additional procedural questions that you
might have may also be directed to the staff of the Court
Service Center.
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