The way the court process works for selling your structured settlement is like this:  Once we have done your declaration, then I prepare the petition and send it to the court for filing and a hearing date.  The court will sent your hearing date about 25 to 30 days out from the time of filing.  Upon opening our file, the court will give you a case number and assign us to a department/Judge.  This could take 1 week to 2 weeks depending on the court clerks.  Some courts in larger counties are under staffed and have back log on opening cases which […]