ManglerYJ
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2005
- Location
- Lexington, NC
My wife and I have been dealing with her ex-husband and his lack of paying for stuff for a long time. He went an entire year without paying a dime for the girl's medical expenses (he was to reimburse for 50% of the actual costs), plus a little into the following year. It got to the point that my wife finally had to take him to court and get a judgment against him. At this point, he is on the hook for about $1000.
We paid $90 in court costs to get this judgment. They then tell us to have the judgment enforced, we have to have him served with papers indicating so ($30 to serve via Sherriff). At the time, he was living with his mom, so we had him served there. She tells the Sherriff that he has moved out of state (which was a lie), so the paperwork is returned. $30 down the drain.
He paid a small portion of the judgment and never did anything since. Several years later, we attempt to have the judgment enforced and the County Court office charges us $30 to have him served again. We attempt to have him served at his house. Several months later, we find out that the paperwork was returned because "nobody was home". Another $30 down the drain.
So, they suggest that we file again, this time having him served at work. It's one thing to have your mom lie for you, it's another to ask your boss to lie to a Sherriff Deputy. So we pay another $30 and fill out the paperwork. They said it can take 3-10 days to serve, so we wait. A couple weeks later, we call and still nothing. They say it can take a couple weeks. A couple weeks later, we call again and they say that it can take 6-8 weeks. They suggest we call the Sherriff to make sure they have the paperwork. We speak to the Deputy and confirm that he has the paperwork with him. He says it can take up to 3 months.
So I call back today because the three months is up and lo-and-behold, he was served on August 8th. Now they tell me that I have to pay another $55 and have him served with a "Writ of Execution" in order for the Sherriff to go and actually collect the money. Apparently all those $30 filings were to "remind him that he owes us money" and that now that he's been reminded, they can actually go collect it, but there's no guarantee that we'll get anything.
So, when all is said and done, we will have had to shell out $235 to "hopefully" get back $1000. The only bright spot in all this is that they do tack on interest to what the original claim is from the date of the judgment. For what THAT's worth.
We paid $90 in court costs to get this judgment. They then tell us to have the judgment enforced, we have to have him served with papers indicating so ($30 to serve via Sherriff). At the time, he was living with his mom, so we had him served there. She tells the Sherriff that he has moved out of state (which was a lie), so the paperwork is returned. $30 down the drain.
He paid a small portion of the judgment and never did anything since. Several years later, we attempt to have the judgment enforced and the County Court office charges us $30 to have him served again. We attempt to have him served at his house. Several months later, we find out that the paperwork was returned because "nobody was home". Another $30 down the drain.
So, they suggest that we file again, this time having him served at work. It's one thing to have your mom lie for you, it's another to ask your boss to lie to a Sherriff Deputy. So we pay another $30 and fill out the paperwork. They said it can take 3-10 days to serve, so we wait. A couple weeks later, we call and still nothing. They say it can take a couple weeks. A couple weeks later, we call again and they say that it can take 6-8 weeks. They suggest we call the Sherriff to make sure they have the paperwork. We speak to the Deputy and confirm that he has the paperwork with him. He says it can take up to 3 months.
So I call back today because the three months is up and lo-and-behold, he was served on August 8th. Now they tell me that I have to pay another $55 and have him served with a "Writ of Execution" in order for the Sherriff to go and actually collect the money. Apparently all those $30 filings were to "remind him that he owes us money" and that now that he's been reminded, they can actually go collect it, but there's no guarantee that we'll get anything.
So, when all is said and done, we will have had to shell out $235 to "hopefully" get back $1000. The only bright spot in all this is that they do tack on interest to what the original claim is from the date of the judgment. For what THAT's worth.
