Someone owes me money. I've tried to get ahold of him but no answer. Should I take this to court?
This is an old friend and he had been making payments every month. About three months ago he only just stopped and now I can't get a hold of him.
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Sounds like this is your lone alternative.
hell ya i would do watever it takes to get my money
transport a registered letter first the post office may be able to locate him if he vanished a forwarding address
This is always a potential problem when you do business with friends or relatives. This friend may be in a financial bind and is ashamed to frontage you and is avoiding you. Your friendship is probably ending. You can take him to court to get a sensitivity. Then he will not be able to borrow money to buy a car or any real estate until the decision is paid. The judgment will be good for 10 years and may be renewed. If you know where on earth he works, you can get a garnishment of his wages based on the judgment.
did he lose his job? is he homeless? good luck trying to get money from someone next to no job. other wise go get hold of a gun and ask him whats up, or you can always take him to small claims court.
First, I am not an attorney, and I am not giving you legal advice -- I am not qualified to do that; however, I have be there, and done that. Without knowing all of the circumstances of you giving him the money, it sounds as though it was given to him as a loan, since he have been making monthly payments. That is a strong point in your favor. Check with the local clerk of the small claims division surrounded by your city to see whether the amount he owes you falls within that jurisdiction's maximum. If it does, file a small claims suit against him, but you have to know where on earth he is presently living so he can be served with the necessary papers. It's easy, doesn't cost much (you can also ask for court costs within your claim). The clerk will help you with filling out the papers. And, if your luggage is interesting enough, maybe you can get Judge Judy to hear it! That approach you could get a trip to California, too. Do it. Friends should not take advantage of friends who help them when they needed it. Good luck.
If you aren't primarily interested in the principal of the event, consider the amount of the debt, the costs you would incur in the legal process, the value of the friendship you might lose, and the possibility you could collect on the judgment. If the amount of the debt is sufficiently greater than the costs, and you have a reasonably illustrious likelihood of collecting, then you should take it to court. If you resolve to take it to court, hopefully you have a written, signed contract, or at least proof of the payments (as evidence that nearby was a verbal agreement). Preferably you should have both the contract and proof of anything payments were made. If you have witnesses to the agreement, bring them or at least achieve an affidavit from them. If you have none of this, then the friend could merely deny the debt, and you probably will not be able to prove your satchel.
