justmenmydogsnow
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Collecting Judgement--
After one last ditch effort (after 2-1/2 years of this) at settlement, my lawyer was told by my ex's lawyer that he is claiming he has "no money". I was ordered by the judge to pay his portion of the building that we own with his sister for it not to go into foreclosure because he wouldn't pay. His lawyer says he owes her $8000. How does he get away with just not paying? Obviously, he will not pay any settlement at all, even if he agreed to it. So, the trial date is set for April.
I don't understand any of this. He has his own business in the energy generation field and makes a ton of money. But he's hiding it all and now trying to liquidate his house and hide the money so that I can't put a lien on it. I just don't understand how he can get away with this?
I don't even want to go to trial now, because I'll just have to pay more money that I don't have (already $100,000 in legal fees to fight this N). He won't be paying for trial so what does he care? And so the judge gives me a slip of paper saying he owes me--So What??? That won't help me at all. And he gets to keep all the money he stole (all of our savings), plus everything else that he didn't disclose, doesn't have to pay any penalties for his proven perjuries and ignored court orders, etc.
Does anyone know anything about judgment collection? Is there anything I can do to collect, other than spend yet more money on a collection attorney?
Thanks for any help you can give me.
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Oct/31/2009, 9:49 am
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justmenmydogsnow
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Re: Collecting Judgement--
So, nobody has experience with trying to collect on a judgment????
Has anybody hired a private detective to try to find the trail to the money?
Spoke with one early on in the divorce, after I'd just found out that he stole all our savings and was hiding it from me. He said all money leaves a trail these days and that he could find it for me, but again--It costs money. At the time, I thought I'd just let it play out and not spend the money.
Now that it's played out to where everything and more has been hidden, I'm ready to hire this private detective to try to trail the money. (I should've done it earlier, I know!) Live and learn--
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Nov/5/2009, 8:43 pm
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Re: Collecting Judgement--
Sorry I can't help you. Haven't had to collect on a judgement as every penny he gets he spends buying new toys. In the end I guess that I will have lots of toys to sell - 60" flat screen tv, stainless steel BBQ, Iphone, add ons to the motorcycle, etc. They can definitely be devious with everything they do. Good Luck.
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Nov/5/2009, 8:49 pm
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Re: Collecting Judgement--
Hi just,
I talked to a PI once, about following n to try and find out what he does with money. When I ran it by my atty, he wasn't impressed, and said I would be wasting my money. Atty said that n could come up and any number of stories to explain where he went and what he did.
The PI I talked to didn't say anything about being about to trace money. If yours can, that would be great!!!
I do know that there are people you can hire to do the collecting for you. But they cost money too.
I'm not at the collecting phase yet. I'm hoping to get my home, so that I don't have to do any collecting.
Good luck Dear just! Did you ever read "Eat, Pray, Love? She loses everything, and then has it come back to her twice-fold. Not saying that will happen to you, but just trying to say, "Stay positive". You never know what will happen.
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Nov/6/2009, 9:31 am
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Re: Collecting Judgement--
Hi Just me,
I have not been on here for a while. your ex sounds alot like mine. we spend our money chasing them and they just laugh at us. does he pay his taxes? you could always join forces with them and just run him out of the country or perhaps even some jail time. it really does not seem fair, i do agree.
I will pray for some resolution. it really does drain us but we just have to stay strong and move forward away from these creeps. how old are your kids?
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Nov/27/2009, 11:29 am
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justmenmydogsnow
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Re: Collecting Judgement--
Hi, Integresse. My kids are 22 (boy) and 19 (girl). The 19-year-old has been totally turned against me, won't communicate with me at all. I haven't even seen her in two years, missed her entire senior year of high school and now her college years, too. And nothing happened between us; it's just his subtle manipulations and lies about me. She chose to live with him after he moved out of the house and had been gone for two years. She missed him and I understood. Never did I ever dream that that would be the last time I'd hold her and she'd tell me she loved me...
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Nov/29/2009, 5:03 pm
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justmenmydogsnow
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Re: Collecting Judgement--
As far as the taxes go, I'd call the IRS in a heartbeat if I thought it would do any good. But I'm sure his tax records are all faked-up anyway. He's extremely smart and I think that it would probably take much more than a simple IRS audit to find his lies.
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Nov/29/2009, 5:06 pm
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bellvireo
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Re: Collecting Judgement--
Just to let you know: if you do go to the IRS and report him...You get 10% of whatever they recover.
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Nov/29/2009, 10:43 pm
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