“Dear Michael, I had a judgement a few years ago its on my county records as a lien The company Equitable Acent is no longer in business. Algate owns the company now. Since the name on the judgement and on my records at the courthouse is Equitable and not Algate can I have it removed. …
Question: Dear Steve, About 10 yrs ago, my son stole my credit cards and maxed them out..I could not pay them, but was able to pay what I could..sometimes min amt due and sometimes not.. Anyway, I got papers to go to court because I was being sued..My son said he would go to court …
Sometimes, the first time you find out you’ve had a judgment entered against you is when the judgment-holder seeks to enforce it. While due process is supposed to notify all parties to a court action ahead of time, there are many reasons why you may not have gotten that notice. You may have moved from …
“Dear Steve, My husband received a deficiency judgement ($200,000)in Fl on a home about 13 years ago (My name was also on the judgement). The former owner has since died, yet this judgement looms over my head, too. My husband and the owner’s lawyer had an acrimonious relationship, and 5 years ago, they took our …
“Dear Steve, Friends husband died from cancer and failed to show up at court hearing for collection suit on credit cards. After his death, collection agency(said they were an attorney) threatened to take her house if she didn’t pay off his debt. This debt was incurred before they got married and he carried into the …
“Dear Steve, I had signed a contract with bally total fitness in the state of California in 2004. I stopped going to the gym without paying the cancelation fees. So they sold my unpaid account to a collection agency. This last one sued me in 2009 and won by default because i never showed to …
“Dear Steve, We have three student loans right now worth a significant amount of money. One of those creditors took legal action against us last year and won their judgement against us. We are waiting for wage garnishment against us to appeal that as we aren’t even in the state where the court awarded the …
“Dear Steve, In 2008, at the age of 18, I moved out of home, into an apartment with a roommate. The rent was high ($1300/mo), and about 4-5 months into the lease, my roommate’s work started to decline. One morning, she up and moved out, and with management (which has since changed, and the rates …
“Dear Steve, Hi Steve: 10 years ago discover card got a default judgment against me, as I failed to reply there summon. Then on January 28 2013, a collection firm send me a summon with a complain behalf of Discover Card with a 20 days date range to reply with their summon, I mailed them …
“Dear Steve, I had a judgement from a credit card against me, I filed for chapter 13 , but the plan was dismissed early. I saw on my credit report that the judgement was there but the company never contacted me. My wages were never garnished etc While going through my paperwork I found a …
