Evicting a tenant, she is appealing the judgement against her...now what?

[Cathy T.]

She actually showed up for the hearing (which surprised the heck out of me) and agreed that she has not paid rent in a long time. The judge ruled in my favor. She filed her intent to appeal at the last possible minute...and now she has 30 days to actually file the appeal. My attorney says this is a common tactic to buy herself some more time. Great, fine. At least she is paying the court (so far) a weekly amount, which will hopefully be paid to me someday. My concern is this...what are the chances that the appeal court will accept her appeal? What is there to appeal? There is no doubt that she has not paid rent!

And if they accept her case, does that give her MORE months? How long can this go on for? I really need to hear about the experiences of other NH landlords on the eviction process at this point.

(Yes, I have an attorney, but every time I ask a question it costs more money. And the answers are brief, at best. This is my second eviction, but the first to go to court so it is new territory for me.)

Thank you.