Declarations being filed after hearing, before ruling...help

Unsolicited evidence filed after a hearing or trial are usually ignored by the judge. If you get an unfavorable ruling in small claims court and...

Medical debt. when to file for bankruptcy?

I have seen consumers being sued on medical debt for as little as $5,000, and I am sure that there are many debt collection lawsuits for medical...

Guy sold me a car was supposed to fix certain things and wrote it in the contract. He also told me he had the brakes done and

You can sue for fraud to get the contract rescinded (cancelled) and your right to your money back or for breach of contract to get the costs to do...

My husband cosigned for my brother's motorcycle, and now my brother stop making the payments...is there anything we can do????

Please see my legal guide on Avvo about your rights following repossession of a vehicle that you agreed to purchase on an installment contract from...

Received a request for entry of default dated 6/27/2011. What should I do?

Hire counsel immediately to represent you. Setting aside a default judgment is no easy task and there are no standardized forms to do this...

Was I just served?

Motions are served first then filed. Thus, the papers served on you would not have the court's file stamp on them, as the file stamping was done...

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Did I get properly served.

Service of a lawsuit requires personal delivery to the defendant. Alternatively, if the process server has had several diligent attempts to serve...

File by clerk or file by court.

While I agree with my colleague on cases that are not suits on a debt, most debt collection default judgments are signed by the clerk of the court...

Can I sue the person who was the President of the Collection Agency? The agency is closed, but I am thinking of running a

If you are the same person who paid a collection agency $1,000 to track down some former tenants who have disappeared into the night, as I said in...

I paid a Collection Agency $1000.00 to locate and serve my former tenants a demand letter to pay for damages, breach of contract

These days, many debt collectors are going out of business. The typical debt collection agency does not charge fees up front, but charges a...