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On February 6, 2001, the State Court of DeKalb County entered the following judgment in favor of First Union, predecessor in interest of Osprey Capital, against Daniel De La Reza, Michael Randles, M&M Mortgage Co., Inc., and LBA Real Estate Investments, Inc.: Against Defendant M&M Mortgage Co., Inc. a/k/a M&M Mortgage Corporation, Inc. “M&M” in the total amount of $137,513.58 of which amount $122,583.00 constitutes the principal and $14,930.58 constitutes the interest accrued thereon; Against LBA Real Estate Investments, Inc. “LBA” in the total amount of $36,937.37 of which amount $32,927.00 constitutes the principal and $4,010.37 constitutes the interest accrued thereon; and Against Mr. Michael D. Randles and Mr. Daniel De La Reza jointly and severally in the total amount of $191,921.04 of which amount $174,450.95 constitutes the principal and interest guaranteed by Randles and De La Reza and $17,470.09 constitutes attorney’s fees. Three separate writs of fieri facias were issued by the State Court of DeKalb County. On February 9, 2001, M&M, LBA, Randles, and De La Reza appealed the judgment. This Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment and imposed a $1,000 penalty jointly on appellants and their counsel after finding no reasonable grounds upon which appellants or their counsel could anticipate a finding of error by this Court.1

On November 2, 2006, five years and eight months after the expiration of the term of court in which the judgment was entered,2 the appellants filed a motion to modify, clarify, interpret, amend, void or otherwise correct the judgment. In this motion, the appellants claimed for the first time that the judgment was incorrect because a separate amount was listed on the judgment for Randles and De La Reza or that Randles and De La Reza should instead be listed as jointly and severally liable for the amounts listed for M&M and LBA. The trial court denied the motion, concluding that it did not have jurisdiction to alter the judgment. The appellants appeal. We find no error and affirm the trial court’s order.

 
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