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You are still referring to the "court ordered restitution hearing"? This occurred on the record in open court? Have you ordered a transcript?
Yes, and I called my probation officer who look at the minutes of that restitution hearing, which I assume the minutes are also the transcript, and she said nowhere in there does it mention 180 days to pay the restitution but it does say 2 years.

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You are referring to a court order entered by the criminal court following the aforementioned hearing?
Yes it was a court ordered restitution following my crimal court sentencing, which was 2 yrs of probation.

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If in fact the court agreed on the record to two years, you can establish that from the transcript.
Like I stated above, the minutes never mentioned 180 days. This judgement was signed on April 5. Almost a month after the restitution hearing.

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Have you discussed your difficulty paying your restitution within 180 days with your probation officer? Was your income and ability to repay raised as an issue at the hearing? Were you represented by a lawyer at the hearing and, if so, what does your lawyer suggest?
That's the problem, my court appointed lawyer is almost impossible to get a hold to. She never answers her phone, never returns messages, and is never at her office. The job I just started working at, I estimate will give me $600-800 a month. So yes, paying $13,000 within 6 months is impossible. At the time of the hearing I was represented by my same court appointed attorney for the criminal sentencing and I was also unemployed and they knew that, but they didn't even ask if I was working.

I remember them saying that if I don't pay the money it can be enforced civily or criminaly. My probation officer also said that it looks like the restitution was converted to a civil judgement. She told me to maybe go see a bankruptcy lawyer to see if I can file for bankruptcy. I have no problem with paying the money within 2 years, but 6 months is impossible!