Collecting on Judgement

[Anonymous]

If your elderly loved one was scammed out of money by a shadey handyman that lives local- how do you collect on the judgement?

[Anonymous]

I'm afraid you cannot if the person has no assets/money...has this been decided by a court?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm afraid you cannot if the person has no assets/money...has this been decided by a court?

Yes, judgemnet was for $22,000. The handyman does own a house but otherwise claims to be broke. Can I attache a lien on the house or force a sale?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm afraid you cannot if the person has no assets/money...has this been decided by a court?

Yes, judgemnet was for $22,000. The handyman does own a house but otherwise claims to be broke. Can I attache a lien on the house or force a sale?

In some states a primary residence is exempt from outside debt. You could probably hire a forensic accountant to see if you can find any other assets. But if he's truly broke, then it would be hard to get the money.

I wonder if you can garnish income that comes into a bank?

[Anonymous]

You need to talk to a lawyer then, not a message board on the internet. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to talk to a lawyer then, not a message board on the internet. Good luck!

I am on Monday. The case was heard and ruled on on Friday and we got the judgement to which he laughed "well, it don't mean nothing cause I got nothing"

This is Virginia, for what it is worth.

[Anonymous]

It’s extremely hard To collect on a judgment if there is no insurance. If there are assets you might be able to put a lien on them but if they are co owned that might not be possible. Wages can be attached under certain circumstances.

To be perfectly blunt, you have a snowball’s chance in hell of collecting. I’m a lawyer and I hire other lawyers to sue on behalf of my company. I don’t have a single firm that will represent us unless there is insurance for this reason.

[Anonymous]

Long shot that he’s licensed but if he is there may be some recourse through the state? If not try and attach a lien to his house. Maybe you’ll get paid eventually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to talk to a lawyer then, not a message board on the internet. Good luck!

I am on Monday. The case was heard and ruled on on Friday and we got the judgement to which he laughed "well, it don't mean nothing cause I got nothing"

This is Virginia, for what it is worth.

Yeah you are likely screwed then. Live ans learn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to talk to a lawyer then, not a message board on the internet. Good luck!

I am on Monday. The case was heard and ruled on on Friday and we got the judgement to which he laughed "well, it don't mean nothing cause I got nothing"

This is Virginia, for what it is worth.

Yeah you are likely screwed then. Live ans learn.

Live and learn what? Don't get dementia?

Go f .u .c. k. yourself

[Anonymous]

Getting a judgment is very much the easy part. Collecting on it is harder. The easy answer is to sell the debt to a company that buys it and collects it. Lots of them out there.

[Anonymous]

You need to find his income. You can garnish wages by serving an employer or go after his bank account. It's harder if he's unbanked and works in cash, but few people do.

For our shady landlord, we served his tenants and they had to pay their rent to us. It made them really upset, but we told them to be mad at him. He could have paid us directly, but chose not to.