Grafovi 7,9: court awarded debt and late-payment interest by default after defendants failed to attend

The defendants did not attend the hearing; the court examined the reasons for absence and granted the claim by default.

The court granted the apartment association GRAFOVI-7,9’s claim against two defendants XX by default. Arrears with late-payment interest and a 175-euro court fee were awarded jointly and severally. This is a shared obligation: the association may seek the awarded amount from either debtor but may not collect the full amount twice. The association alleged that the defendants jointly owned an apartment and had partly failed to pay building maintenance and utility charges. The defendants did not attend the hearing on 4 November 2016, and the association requested a default judgment. The court checked service of the summonses, the warning about non-attendance and the documents provided about its causes. One defendant sought an adjournment, but the court refused: it considered an objective inability to participate unproved. It also did not find the other defendant’s reason for absence sufficient. One defendant supplied no substantive objections to the claim; the other did not respond to it. The court found no obstacle to proceeding by default, treated the association’s factual allegations as admitted and granted the claim as legally well-founded. The judgment is immediately enforceable. It does not confirm actual payment.

Award arrears with late-payment interest and a 175-euro court fee jointly and severally against the two defendants XX. The judgment is immediately enforceable.