needtoknowinHI
Junior Member
Hawaii
I have a court date coming up on Aug 22 and I need to how to handle this in court in order to have my case dismissed. This is my situation:
I sold my car in order to pay the tickets that were in collections so that the new owner can register the car, and I can renew my license. because that would remove the stopper that was placed because of my tickets that was in collections. I paid all of the tickets in collections and when i called to confirm the clerk said that I had 3 tickets outstanding. I was told that I need to straighten it out at Ewa District court. Those tickets occurred in 2007, in 2009, I sent a written statement. It was denied.I requested a trial date it was set for September 2009, then there was a clerical error and it was sent to collections in December 2009. The court then recalled the two tickets from collections in September 2010 and rescheduled a trial for October 2010. I knew the reason why I wanted a trial and it was for : the 3 tickets that was issued to me by 3 different officers never filed the notice in a timely manner within 10 calendar days. I honestly do not recall the reason why I missed my trial, but with all kinds of mishaps that I was going through at the time,I would say that I was overwhelmed with life itself and simply forgot about those three tickets. I had numerous outstanding tickets in collections and thought that by paying those, the stopper would be removed thinking that everything is in collections and I did not accumulate additional tickets.
I went to Ewa District court and I filed a motion to dismiss default judgement. When I filed it with the clerk, she said that it was the wrong motion. I need to know which motion would I file based on my situation above.
I have a court date coming up on Aug 22 and I need to how to handle this in court in order to have my case dismissed. This is my situation:
I sold my car in order to pay the tickets that were in collections so that the new owner can register the car, and I can renew my license. because that would remove the stopper that was placed because of my tickets that was in collections. I paid all of the tickets in collections and when i called to confirm the clerk said that I had 3 tickets outstanding. I was told that I need to straighten it out at Ewa District court. Those tickets occurred in 2007, in 2009, I sent a written statement. It was denied.I requested a trial date it was set for September 2009, then there was a clerical error and it was sent to collections in December 2009. The court then recalled the two tickets from collections in September 2010 and rescheduled a trial for October 2010. I knew the reason why I wanted a trial and it was for : the 3 tickets that was issued to me by 3 different officers never filed the notice in a timely manner within 10 calendar days. I honestly do not recall the reason why I missed my trial, but with all kinds of mishaps that I was going through at the time,I would say that I was overwhelmed with life itself and simply forgot about those three tickets. I had numerous outstanding tickets in collections and thought that by paying those, the stopper would be removed thinking that everything is in collections and I did not accumulate additional tickets.
I went to Ewa District court and I filed a motion to dismiss default judgement. When I filed it with the clerk, she said that it was the wrong motion. I need to know which motion would I file based on my situation above.
