To enter assessments, highlight the party in the Against area for whom you are entering assessment information. If Joint & Several is selected in the Judgment area, the assessments are associated with all the parties entered in the Against area.
From the Block menu, select Next to move to the Assessment area.
Enter an Assessment Type. This is a free-form text field that allows up to 30 characters to be entered.
Enter an Amount. The amounts entered in this area are summed and the total displayed for the highlighted party (or all parties if a joint and several judgment) in the Amount field in the Against area.
The system verifies that
the total of the amounts entered in this area equal the judgment amount
entered in the Judgment area. If later a change is made to an assessment
amount, you must enter a reason for the change.
The Amount Paid to Date field displays the amount paid entered on the Assessments Detail window. To enter assessment details, select Assessment Detail in the navigation frame to open the Assessment Detail window. This option is enabled only when your cursor is in the Assessment area.
To view changes to and deletions of judgment records, select View Change History in the navigation frame. This option is enabled only if there has been a change or deletion involving a record in the Assessment area.