by HanketyBlank » Sat Sep 14, 2013 05:29:34 PM
The judge was just about to get the court officer to toss you in the clink for contempt after you kept arguing with him when he rendered his judgment. He also could have easily awarded TD $10,000 in court costs, instead of $2100. I would have. The next judge likely will award the full amount after your case is dismissed as worthless in November. Your wife will be on the hook for that too, won't she? Does she have any comprehension of what she's getting into?
Since you are fond of legal terms, Judge Wheatley repeated that you and your wife are jointly and severally liable for the judgement which is accumulating post-judgment interest of over $3000 a year. That means if you don't pay, she is on the hook. That's why she might have to declare bankruptcy a second time - and you with her.
TD made you a very generous offer that they'll forget the whole thing if you do; but, like Captain Ahab, you want to go down with the ship. So be it.