Court Opinion

ID: 9870201
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-26 19:51:31.869296+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:46:07.403716
License: Public Domain

DANIEL E. SCOTT, J.,
concurring
CII opted to file in the associate division, triggering advantages to itself as a creditor-plaintiff under Chapter 517 generally and § 517.051 in particular, including a chance to take judgment on the return date if Dieter did not appear. CII offers no due-process concern as to that procedure, so I cannot, credit its due-process complaint about a judgment for Dieter when CII (who had sued and bore the burden of proof) failed without excuse to appear on the return date, under a statute CII had chosen to invoke and does not contend is invalid in whole or in part. For this reason and those in the principal opinion, I concur.