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(1) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his or her attorney shall make and file with the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known address of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor.

Small claims court handles simple cases and can only award up to $6,500 in monetary damages. There are no lawyers or jury trials in the small claims court system. To learn more about small claims court, you can read the article by Michigan Legal Help An Overview of Small Claims Court.

Use the appropriate form MC 12, MC 13 or MC 52, Request and Writ for Garnishment, to start the garnishment process. A periodic writ of garnishment (form MC 12) is used to garnish the judgment debtor's wages, rent payments, land contract payments, or other debt that is paid to the judgment debtor on a periodic basis.

Judgment proof is a description of a person who does not have enough assets for a creditor to seize when a court order requires debt repayment. A debtor who is broke and unemployed can be considered judgment proof, as can a debtor who only has certain legally protected types of assets or income.

A judgment from a Small Claims case expires six years after it is issued. Most other judgments in Michigan expire 10 years after they are issued. You can renew a judgment before it expires by filing a motion to renew a judgment.

(4) A judgment lien may be rerecorded only once. A judgment lien is rerecorded by recording with the register of deeds, not less than 120 days before the initial expiration date under subsection (1), a second notice of judgment lien that has been certified by the clerk of the court that entered the judgment.