Jointly/Severally Procedures for a Criminal Case
Summary
For Example: Clerk has three cases that have one judgment (e.g., $1500.) against them as jointly/severally.
- Clerk will divide this judgment amount by the number of cases that shares it. In this case we will divide by three (e.g., $500.00).
- Dispose case; add fee (restitution, etc.). Enter the assessed amount the amount owed by the defendant (e.g., $500.00).
- Do this with all three cases.
The fee added was Restitution with an assessed amount of 500.00.
- Open case (e.g. CR 2). Click on Fees from the Options list. Locate the fee (e.g. Restitution) and click on the ellipse. Select the Jointly/Severally option.
- Enter the Case Number and select the Party that shares the Jointly/Severally amount.
- Select the Type as Jointly/Severally.
- Enter the second case, party and type that shares the Jointly/Severally amount.
- Click Save and Close.
- Open the case CR 2. Click on Fees from the Options list and perform the Jointly/Severally. Enter on this case the other two cases that share the jointly/severally amount.
- Click Save and Close.
- Once saved the Fees window displays CR 1-Defendant … is jointly/severally with CR 2-Defendant One … and CR 3- ...Defendant Three.
- Lastly, open the case CR 3. Click on Fees from the Options list and perform the Jointly/Severally. Enter on this case the other two cases that share the jointly/severally amount.
- Click Save and Close
- Go back to the case CR 3. Notice the Balance Due hyperlink. This hyperlink indicates Jointly/Severally.
- Click on the hyperlink.
- Fee Balance: is this party’s case balance w/out the shared jointly/severally amount. This amount includes fines/court cost and his portion of the restitution.
- Jointly/Severally Balance is the amount this party is (jointly/severally) or in other words is responsible to pay if the other two parties do not pay their restitution. (Shared Jointly severally total amount.)
- Total Balance is the Fee Balance plus Jointly/Severally Balance.
Fee Balance
All three cases are now jointly/severally. They all should have the Balance Due hyperlink.
Rev. 03/30/2021