Searching court records, I was surprised to find a judgement by default of nearly $16,000. The Registrar of Contractors petitioned the court for a judgement on my ex-husband and Jane Doe; individually and as husband and wife, dba XXXX Home Repairs. We were married at the time he had the business and we divorced 2 years ago.  The Registrar was asking to be paid the amount they paid the homeowners for "unacceptable work."  The court granted a request to change Jane Doe to my name. The judgement was ordered by the court on me.  My ex husband was licensed by the State Registrar and had a business in his name as "Sole Proprietor". If my name would of been on the business license, Jane Doe would not of been necessary.  He was responsible for the work performed. Yet he is not responsible for the judgement?
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A precise answer depends on the law of the particular jurisdiction you're in. In New York, you could move to vacate the default judgment.  You would have to show: (1) a reasonable excuse for not having appeared in the case earlier (pretty easy to do here, your excuse is that you were never served with process and you didn't know there was any attempt to impose liability on you personally); and (2) a meritorious defense to the claim (the arguments you've outlined about why it's your husband's sole responsibility).\n\nYou will probably need to consult a lawyer to get this cleared up.  A possible alternative: Contact the Registrar.  Explain why this is bogus and ask that the Registrar consent to vacating it, the alternative being that you'll engage a lawyer, the Registrar will incur legal fees in a hopeless cause, and, depending on your local law, the Registrar might even have to reimburse you for your legal fees.  There's not much chance that this will work, and there's a downside to even trying -- you don't know the law, so you might say something that could be used against you later.
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You can consider taking him to small claims court. You won't need a lawyer for that. The information about how to do it is available from your local court system in your community. If you file a small claim and he fails to respond or show up, you will get a default judgement. That will allow you to attach to any property (real estate) and perhaps go after any payroll with a garnishment. For $1500, I would definately nail his asss to the wall.
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CAVEAT EMPTOR..."Buyer Beware". Their only recourse is a good lawyer. Realtor Boards are not judges and juries, but the State Licensing Board can censure a licensee for misrepresentation. From what you have written, they have a good case. \n\nThe Broker is the one responsible for all these mishaps, he is looking at a lawsuit. So sorry this happened, there are good realtors out here who adhere to the laws.
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You have to enforce the judgment.  Since we don't know what state you're in, it's hard to give you more particular advice, but I'm including a link below that explains how it works in Ilinois because they have excellent legal aid publications there.  Many other states are similar.  After you read the article below, then pick out some key terms like enforce judgment or citation discover assets and key them into Google.com along with the name of your state.  That should lead you to particular information on the procedures that you must follow in your location.  Good luck to you in your efforts!
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I'm not sure of any way to do this.  Of course you could employee someone to physically go out and find their employment.  You could offer them a percentage of rent collected through this method. If you already have the civil judgements, you can also "garnish" their income tax returns.  I think you can find out how to do this by going to your local court clerk.
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If you have already forclosed on the lien and have an order from the court, the terms of the order should spell out the procedure for taking title and possession.  There is in most jurisdictions a procedure for attacking judgment based on fraud or mistake.  Individuals who attempting this usually did not respond in the original proceedings.  If they did participate, then it is very unlikely that the judge will hear their case.  If they did not then they will have to have a very good reason why they did not respond and some type of meritorious defense.  The time this is going to take depends on the jurisdiction you are in,  You may want to call the clerk of court and inquire when the case will likely be called for trial.
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From one business owner to another... why in the world would you consider keeping someone on that is 1.) costing you money, 2.) costing you time and 3.) putting your name/company at risk by providing shoddy workmanship? She's in her trial phase and therefore you're under no legal obligation to keep her on! Cut ties now before you're in an even larger mess than you've already put yourself in the middle of!
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Hey icemike.  Sad but ramrod may be right.  I had to take a former co-worker/friend to small claims court.  First you have to go to the closest district court (probably to where the modeling agency is in this case or maybe to your house) and fill out some forms (need to explain the issue, need to know the address/phone number etc of the modeling agency,etc) and pay a filing fee (it may be around $70 and the defendant is forced to pay this back to you if you win the case).  My case was a couple of months after I filed and the defendant never showed up so I automatically won the case.  Tried having their wages garnished but they quickly quit their job.  Next I tried to have any bank savings seized but you needed to know where they banked (luckily I did but they didn't have any cash).  Then I went back to the court to seize any property (car/real estate/etc) that the person owned but the court could find nothing (car was leased, house was in exes name,etc.).  Each step I took was @$75 more and a year later I still haven't collected anything of the $3,000 verdict (the max in Michigan small claims-defendant actually owed $5,000 but I didn't want to bother with lawyers and a longer court process) plus the increased costs of each attempt to collect(technically the defendant will have to pay all these fees too). Basically, the defendant skipped town and it has become my responsibility to track defendant down (believe me the court has been absolutely no help); I have 20 years or more to collect (plus interest is supposedly accumulating on the amount owed) but right now I don't see that happening.  You may want to go file a complaint with a government agency like the Better Business Bureau instead.  Another thing is to look at the contract, it may not say any jobs are guaranteed and, in that case, your friend is probably screwed; I know recently a "modeling agency" notified me to come work for them as a "scout" where basically people paid you to register them as models but no work was ever guaranteed for these people; it sure sounded like the "agency" was scamming both the "models" and "scouts" because the agency took a good cut of the money and probably left the scout with all the legal liabilty.  The only other option I can suggest is to go to the modeling agency, if they actually have an office nearby, and tell them you are going to protest/picket(I'd check with the police or someone first to see how to do it legally) and or possibly put an ad in the paper(s) explaining your dealings with them to the public(I'd see a lawyer or someone before doing it though to make sure you can't be sued for slander).  Perhaps the possible negative press/scaring away of further "customers" will be enough for them to give you your money back. Good luck!
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Judge Joe Brown would love for you to give him a call.  LOL, but if not, Small Claims Court is definately the way to go.  It helps if you have documentation that you actually gave them the money (such as a cancelled check).  But the odds are your friend wont show up for court anyway, and you'll just get a default judgement for the $$.  Of course, collecting the $$ after that can be a whole new challenge.
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Small claims court is designed to be somewhat informal but there still must be a legitimate legal basis for any claim that is made.\n\nThe cell phone issues seems quite reasonable and if you can demonstrate she has routinely been paying 1/3 of the charges a court will very likely accept that as adequate proof of the agreement.\n\nThe loss of wages issue is a different matter. There is no legal basis for holding a party liable for the loss of wages that are incurred by the plaintiff while prosecuting a lawsuit.\n\nA small suggestion is that you tone down your rhetoric in the complaint and while in court. Using words like "malicious" is questionable and won't win you any points with a judge.
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A lawsuit cannot go forward against someone without giving them an opportunity to participate.  Since you never received actual notice, they are depending on "constructive notice" by leaving it at your address.  The fact that you had moved should be enough to defeat that service, it makes no difference if a friend or releative lived there or not, they cannot leave service anywhere but your abode. \n\nThat means that the entire case was void, but they don't know that until you tell them correctly. \n\nYou need a lawyer to get the verdict thrown out. \n\nThey can't refile or serve you, the statute of limitations is gone. \n\nI'm not clear on why you lost your driver's license, but that's probably unrelated to the civil suit.
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Duress would be threatening to turn the landlord in for something she was required to report, such as building code inspectors do to builders, landlords and private homeowners. As a tenant she has no obligation to fulfill a duty that jeopardizes her own housing. HOWEVER if not legally leasable she has no legal requirement to pay the rent until it does meet code, so while not "duress" for threatening to report him, it is stupid to pay even if the rent was lowered. Unless she wrote out an extortion threat in  her own handwriting, then it might be admissable in a civil court of law, it really depends on the lawyers and judge, but the landlord is not going to win much in any case. Just the lawyers, which is how most business law cases turn out.
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It all sounds like small claims court is the right place.  The defendant needs to show up and present her story (and it would help if the ex-boyfriend presents his.)  If anybody ha any evidence of who owns the stuff (receipts, etc.) it would help win the case.
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The charge for sales tax is clever!  You were smart to think of it.  It might help for trial if you can give the judge a copy of the law or regulation involved on that point.  Also, does Illinois require tattoo shops to be licensed with the Health Dept. or similar agency, and are they licensed?  The main issue for the judge, I think, will be: WHAT DOES THE WRITTEN CONTRACT SAY and can you show they didn't do what the contract promises they will?  Suppose they say, the instruction, etc., would have come in the second 100 hours?  Good luck, let us know what happens.
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This is a sticky situation. First, I'm going to assume that your husband was on the original note and mortgage with his prior wife, therefore, he is obligated to make those payments when she does not, regardless of the divorce decree. It's crummy, I know. Sure, she can be held in contempt, but that really doesn't help you and your hubby out. My suggestion is this: Call the mortgage company that holds the note. Or rather, have your husband called. As he is on the note, he has a right to access any of the information. Have him explain the situation to the mortgage broker and find out what help they can offer him. Next, find an attorney that will sit down with you and find out what they suggest you do legally with the ex-wife. \n\nI can relate, as my divorce attorney suggested that all I needed to do was sign a quit claim deed to "remove" myself from the property. Luckily, working in the industry, I did know better, but it really bothers me that this is so common. Please keep us posted, I'll keep you and your hubby in my thoughts in the hopes that this works out for you.
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First of all, I am NOT a lawyer, just a student.  But ironically enough we just covered this topic in class.  Once you have the judgement, you can either garnish their wages (won't work for you cause he quit his job) or go after their property.  The problem is what property do they own?  You need to know this before you can get a judgement to have it sold.  You can apply to the courts for a discovery so that the defendant is compelled to disclose all of his/her assets and the judge can then make an application on the spot for those assets to be liqidated to satisfy the debt.  You can also do a search with the local registry to see if he/she own a vehicle and make an order to have that sold or transfered to your name.  Hopefully this helps....
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My wife had some time ago.  We no longer live there. I don't know if that helps.  We hired an attorney out of KS.\n\nIs there a blog?  I've heard that can help.  Link is a good idea.  More people will probably come forward anonymously.