Your Client's Simplified Procedure Claim Is For $50,000.00 Or Less– Now What?

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As of October 1, 2025, the monetary jurisdiction of the Small Claims Court increased from $35,000.00 to $50,000.00. This change has forced many Superior Court Plaintiffs to assess whether a Judge may realistically award them damages of $50,000.00 or less, and how they should proceed if their claim now falls within the monetary jurisdiction of the Small Claims Court.
There are many Plaintiffs and Defendants to Simplified Procedure claims of $50,000.00 or less who, as of October 1, 2025, had already incurred the cost of compiling their Affidavit of Documents and participating in Examination for Discovery. Those steps are not required under the Small Claims Court procedure, and the limited procedural steps in a Small Claims action are reflected by the cap imposed on costs