@Anonymous wrote:
Its definatley from the court and papes are filed, he has 30 days to respond and total is 1335.00
I can't tell you how to handle it (that's best left to an attorney) but I can tell you what my attorney told me to do.
I was told to file an answer (i.e. respond to the notice) and write in that "I do not owe this debt." I initially had a problem with this since I knew I did owe the money but my attorney explained that this would kick it to trial (giving us more time); writing anything else (or doing nothing) would have resulted in a default judgement.
In my case I was near the deadline, so I took the form (and three copies) to the courthouse, and got all copies stamped by the clerk. They kept the original, and one of my copies I mailed to my own attorney, one copy I mailed to the other attorney (not sure why, but I was told to do so by my attorney so I did) and the third copy was for my own records.
I got really lucky... in my case, apparently the other attorney was accustomed to only dealing with default judgements, since he failed to turn in the paperwork on his end a few weeks later I got a notice that the judge had dismissed the case with prejudice (meaning they couldn't try to sue me again). Had the other attorney been on-the-ball, the extra time allowed by having to wait on a court date would have allowed me to work with the creditor on a payoff rather than a judgement (that's the idea in not allowing it to go to default).
Again, this is how it worked for me in my jurisdiction, and it may be slightly different, or even quite different where you and your son live. It might be worth a call to an attorney to at least see what the options are... the judgement will definitely "leave a mark" for years to come.
