I received a summons today to appear in court over an unpaid at&t wireless bill?
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If you have a complaint and summons, you must file your answer within the time specfified on the summons and send a copy to the plaintiff's lawyer or the plaintiff, if there is no attorney on the summons. Your answer should deny that AT&T ever provided you with services for the reason you gave in your question. You should add a counterclaim for the harassment and attach a copy of the letter you sent.\n\nIf it is in small claims, you are limited in what you can ask for, but you should at least ask for a detailed list of all the calls you made and received, with time and date. If in fact you had no service, there should be none. If you walked the block and used the phone, you owe the money, or at least part of it.
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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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Call or goto you local court house.
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A bill or notice that you owe money.
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it's a phone coumpany..... i have them they are ok but you have to watch out for them. i had a block on my phone and when i got my phone bill there was regional toll calls they had told me it was free to call a town 15 minutes away so i called some friends, doctors, etc, then i get my bill and i was charged, i was so mad. my husband called the phone company and explained the problem.. well they must of been in a good mood because they took off the 21.50 in calls we though were included in our area. so as with any coumpany you have to watch out , and when you get you phone bill check it out and if it looks wrong you might want to give them a call.
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The previous answer is untrue. \nAs per the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, if you TELL them to cease and desist from calling you, it is usually sufficient. If not, you'll need to put your request in writing, and you're well within your rights to do so. If you owe them money, that's one thing, but they don't have a right to call and harass you. Continued calling after you've advised them to stop constitutes harassment.\nIf you still have problems, even after putting your request in writing, contact the FTC.\nI pray that your financial situation improves, too. :)
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You can definitely file in small claims, due to Verizon not providing service promised. but be prepared to be swamped by there lawyers
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Call the Courthouse for information.  It is really important to respond to a Summons in a timely fashion.
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Look at the summons you received. There should be info on it about how to contact them in the event that you are unable to serve or no longer reside in that state.
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Relax, I can fix your problem real quick with just a phone call and a letter.\n\nCall up the cell phone provider and let them know your account was sent in error to a collection agency, and inform them to call off the dogs.  \n\nThen send a cease and desist letter to the collection agency.  The link below has a sample letter, just change it around to fit your purpose.  \n\nBe sure to include a statement telling them not to call or write to you again.  \n\nBe sure to check your credit report at www.annualcreditreport.com to make sure that the collection agency didn't put any negative comments on it.  If so, I've enclosed some additional links that will help you out.\n\nMail the letter Certified USPS so you can prove and track it.  Keep logs of all letters and phone calls that you make in case you need to follow up with legal action.\n\nI'm 99% certain that by following the above advice you will not hear from them again.  Unfortunately, many collection agents are so narrow minded (all the see is green) that you may need to stop them in court.  \n\nIt's very important to note:  Unless the debt is large (at least $1000) many collection agencies won't even try to sue you to recover the debt.  They are content to going after your credit history and messing up your life.  \n\nYou are fighting a war!  Do not fight these guys unarmed.  Knowledge of the law is your only weapon!  Get armed!  Read the links below.
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Friend - Though I agree that your best action is just to pay the ticket, to find out the procedure for contesting a ticket, call the court of the jurisdiction involved.  GBU
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you definitely can and should threaten with legal action. If the school can't even keep track of a phone, they should be ready to pay for it. It's even worse because they actually took it from the students. If they don't pay for it, make sure you get a lawyer and sue so they both give you the money for a phone and whatever was stored on it and stop taking things from students.
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Is this for your attorney, or for court ordered payments to the other parties attorney?  If it's your attorney then there is no specfic letter.  Just type up a letter listing the charges in dispute and why you think they shouldn't be billed.  If it's a court ordered payment for the other parties attorney then you need your attorney to type up a motion/order for the court to consider if the charges are valid.  \n\nAlso remember they get to bill for ANYTHING they do.  This can be talking with you on the phone, looking up a court case, typing a letter, etc.
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The only way to stop a garnishment would be to get the judgement overturned.  Since you did not show up in court on the hearing date, the creditor was granted a default judgement.\n\nWhat you would need to do is file a motion to dismiss based on "improper service".  That means the creditor did not follow proper procedures in serving you with the summons and complaint.\n\nRecently it was disclosed that several large collection agencies were fined, and several people sent to jail, because the lied about serving the paperwork.  They simply filed papers with the court saying they were delivered, when in fact the either could not locate the defendant or they simply didn't try.  \n\nIn order to win your motion you would need to show that you were not served the papers.  That means you need to go to the courthouse and see the "process of service" paperwork that is on file, and see how they claim you were served.  \n\nI'm not sure about how Virginia law works, but I believe it has to be served in person, as opposed to certified mail.  The court paperwork should say where and when you were served.  If you can prove they lied, the judge will dismiss the case.\n\nGood luck
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Your first step would be to notify the court that issued the judgement that it is unpaid.  Since this is violation of a court order, they are considered in contemp of court and a warrent can be issued for their arrest.\nOnce arrested they cant be released without making arrangements to pay.\n\nIf you can find out where they work, you can arrange to garish their wages.
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Yes, she is in breach of contract.  You need to speak to a lawyer about this.  You should also have her arrested for fraud.  Giving your address and phone number is illegal.  The collection companies could press charges against her.  Talk to your family attorney regarding this matter.  A judge can force her to abide by her divorce decree.
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what type of help are you asking for? you stated that you were charged. you need a lawyer.