Crye v. Edwards

OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

This case concerns the superior court’s power under Rule 60(a) of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure to correct an omission by the clerk of the superior court in recording the filing of a judgment-renewal affidavit.

I

On December 1, 1972, appellee Hamilton Dan Crye obtained a $16,000 default judgment against appellant Judy Edwards in the Superior Court of Arizona. As monetary judgments expire in Arizona if not renewed every five years, see generally Ariz.Rev.Stat. Ann. (“A.R.S.”) §§ 12-1551 (Supp.1992) and 12-1611 to -1613 (1982), Crye attempted to renew his judgment in…