In Part I of this two-part series, we covered the basic procedure for attacking a negative net-worth affidavit filed to supersede a money judgment. This post offers a case study for successfully applying that procedure and...more
You’ve obtained a money judgment, and your client is anxious to get paid. The judgment debtor files a notice of appeal and an affidavit claiming it has a negative net worth. The judgment debtor argues it is entitled to...more
Got any old judgments you were hoping to collect? If so, you may want to take a hard look at pursuing collection in North Carolina. An August 3 ruling from the North Carolina Court of Appeals regarding out of state judgments...more
Q: A bank obtained a judgment against me, as a result of a failed business venture. While I have a house, there is no equity above my homestead exemption. I’ve little else, although the bank’s attorney has repeatedly accused...more
Foreclosure can often have tricky impacts on lease rights... See Eviction After Foreclosure: California Supreme Court Weighs In and When a Lender Forecloses on a Leasehold Interest…. An opinion recently published by...more
You won your lawsuit, and now you want to be paid. But how do you get an unwilling defendant to cough up the cash? You have several options. Part I of this series discussed collecting a money judgment through the...more