Got a letter from the court saying they want to revive a judgment from 19 years ago also asking for wage garnishment.

Do I need a lawyer. they won by default, I didn't even know about it until now. also at the time was living with my father who had the same name at same address , its posible he got letter from them. Can I ask to vacate judgement .

In Pa, if a husband and wife have a joint bank account and there is a judgment on one party can the account be attached?

I filed my complaint with California BRE in August 2016, investigation is still active n ongoing.

Once BRE files accusation, can i use this against broker in civil court?

received a check($10.000) without funds(in NY). what i do? i call the writer of the check, but i think he try to avoid.

I live in NJ and he's in NY

Please help. Car totalled after bankruptcy

I have a chapter 7 that has been discharged since November 2015....I did NOT reaffirm and am currently on payments. The car was hit by a drunk driver the other day and insurance deemed it totaled. The loan is 13k but car is only worth 8k. Insurance is in the process of sending payment to Leinart hol...

Been served a general procedure claim of ~$28,000. I'm unemployed and can't afford installments. Do I defend the claim?

I can barely make rent, and there's no way to say I'm not liable for the damages. Also is bankruptcy an option here? What would happen in that case?

I'm being sued for an accident that happened in 2013 according to lawyer client was injured. I filed for Chapter7 in2015

I was involved in a minor accident in 2013. According to police, I was at fault. I had insurance at the time and the claim was paid. So I never heard from it again. Today, I received a lawsuit noticed from a lawyer suing me and the insurance company for not having liability coverage at that time. La...

1998 Bankruptcy included student loans. Can a lawyer help me get them discharged/forgiven?

They are federal student loans serviced by Navient for attenting ITT Technical Institute. Further, the school has closed having lost federal approval for student loans, meaning they violated laws and misrepresented to students, perhaps that is a way towards forgiveness. I was an Instructor then Educ...

I have to file a answer to my summons in 35day are weekends included in the 35days?

I'm filing bankruptcy do I still need to file a answer to the summons?

28 USC §586 creates a duty of the US Trustee to the citizens of New York. If so, can they be sued for tort under FTCA?

28 USC §586 is the statute that sets out the duty of the US Trustee in overseeing a Bankruptcy action. If they breach this duty (for example purposely not appointing a unsecured creditors committee in Chapter 11) can they be sued for a tort under the Federal Tort Claims act (FTCA)? If yes would Negl...

Is Bankruptcy my direction to go?

Hello. I was sued on 07/01/16. for 6,000. I did not file answer to the complain. And now they have filed for REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT. I would still like to settle this debt with a repayment plan. But i have no source of income. I'm not working right now. I have no Bank account. I'm living at my...

I'm a foreigner in the US with a 401k. 401k are protected against creditors, do foreigners get protected too?

I received a summons regarding unpaid (& undisputed) credit card debt. I am disabled, with SS as sole income.

I was laid off in 2012. I continued to pay all debts until approx Jan 2016 when I ran out of money (including liquidating all retirement savings). I have been on disability since June 8, 2015. I was granted Social Security benefits - my only source of income - in July 2016. I have no car, no real pr...

Should I report a corporation filing Chapter 7 and hiding its main asset in a US shell LLC & has also commingled funds?

I learned my former employer will be filing Chapter 7 for his privately-owned corporation mainly because of (unsecured) judgments against it. It has very few assets other than the office building it owns which has about $500k of equity. The building was always the property of a US shell LLC whose re...

How can one defend against a professional plaintiff who sues small markets for minor ADA violations (i.e, 34" wide rows v. 36").

The "law firm" involved has filed thousands of lawsuits on behalf of 3-4 plaintiffs. They travel all over California and target small "mom & pop" stores for minor violations, then demand over $10,000 to settle or face skyrocketing legal fees. There are numerous articles on-line about these unscrupul...