Chloe Meltzer | December 01, 2022
Summary: There might be a judgment against you without your knowledge. If there is use SoloSuit to respond in 15 minutes and win your lawsuit.
If you have borrowed any type of money, whether from a lender or a creditor, you must repay it. When you are given a line of credit or a loan, you are agreeing to pay it back or suffer the consequences. If you do not, then the lender or creditor can sue you.
Typically you will receive information regarding the lawsuit, and if you do not respond, you will lose by default judgment. You do not want to let it get to this point if you can help it because a judgment can negatively impact your finances and credit long term.
Unfortunately, sometimes you may find that you have an outstanding judgment against you. This is not a fun process, but it is important to find out about it to get it taken care of.
Judgments can occur for two reasons, but it is always because the creditor has won the case against you in court. Judgments provide the opportunity for a creditor to pursue you to obtain the debt you owe, along with interest and even attorney's fees.
After a judgment occurs, the creditor can use methods such as wage garnishment to pay back your debt. This is why you want to be aware of any lawsuits against you before a judgment is filed against you. This can happen in one of two ways:
Aside from the fact that you should have received information regarding the original lawsuit against you, there are other ways that you may find out about a judgment against you after the fact.
SoloSuit makes it easy to win a debt collection lawsuit.
Although it shouldn't happen, people have judgments entered against without their knowledge frequently. It may happen if you did not receive the original summons in the mail or you recently moved addresses. Often it is the result of a process called “sewer service.” Sewer service is when the collector does not serve you properly with the Summons. Consequently, you never learn of the lawsuit, you never respond, and then you lose; the first time you hear about the lawsuit is when your wages are garnished.
Judgments do not always show up on a credit report. If you did receive a summons, then you can typically call the court indicated on it to check if there has been a judgment file against you. Overall, if you have been given a notice of debt, the best choice is to respond and attempt to pay it or settle as soon as possible. If you worry you've been sued without your knowledge, you can call your local court and ask them if there are any lawsuits against you, giving them your first and last name.
SoloSuit makes it easy to respond to a debt collection lawsuit.
How it works: SoloSuit is a step-by-step web-app that asks you all the necessary questions to complete your answer. Upon completion, you can either print the completed forms and mail in the hard copies to the courts or you can pay SoloSuit to file it for you and to have an attorney review the document.
"First time getting sued by a debt collector and I was searching all over YouTube and ran across SoloSuit, so I decided to buy their services with their attorney reviewed documentation which cost extra but it was well worth it! SoloSuit sent the documentation to the parties and to the court which saved me time from having to go to court and in a few weeks the case got dismissed!" – James
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