Court Jurisdiction has expiration dates.

From my experience and personal knowledge, courts have expiration dates. Most of cases we find ourselves in have a limited time frame to proceed lawfully. The judge and opposing counsel will not let you know about that. For instance, in Missouri courts have 30 days from the day of judgment to affirm, amend, deny, modify, stay, or vacate. They will only proceed based on your ignorance of such facts.

If your first appearance at a hearing the judge orders and hits the gavel and an order appears on the docket reflecting that. It was most likely lawful. If however, you notice that it is not done and the judge questions whether he should proceed on the record or off the record than check the date. Has jurisdiction expired?

So ask yourself, if your case has prolonged for over a year, why?

If you must represent yourself and let’s say it’s about a foreclosure. The judge without looking at any evidence and based on procedure rules, grants favor for the “servicer”. You then have 30 days or whatever your state rules of procedure are, to motion the court to vacate

that judgment. Even if you file it over the weekend on day 29 or however many days the state rule allows. 30 days is 30 days.

Let’s say the judge grants a hearing for your motion to vacate. You produce evidence have everything correct and yet the judge still denies your motion. Understand that he could neither affirm or deny your motion the clock has run out for him to make a move. Therefore his prior judgment becomes void because a motion has been left unresolved for the judgment to stay. Also, look for if the judge orally denies your motion but never enters in a signed order entered in the court docket. It’s a good sign to mean that jurisdiction has expired.

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