i was awarded a judgement against my x husband how can i go about collecting it?

Answer 1

call him up and ask him to send it to you

Answer 2

Start of by sending him a DEMAND LETTER. It should clearly state what the judgement asks for & you should send it signature mail (certified w/ receipt). If he doesn't pay on the specified day, then you can take him into small claims court or contact a collection agency & have then do all the leg work. That will end up costing you arount 50% of your original judgement dollar amount! What does your Lawyer have to say about this? The terms should have been in the original judgement. This is where many Lawyers fall short in their paperwork & the ex-wife is left holding an empty bank account because she can't collect!

Answer 3

It would help if we knew what the judgment was, but here's my best shot. If he isn't giving you whatever it is you were awarded, there really legally isn't much you can do. If you take him to court again, you will get the same result. The ruling has already been made, so no point in doing it twice.

When I got divorced, I gave my ex the house and in return, she got the joint bills to offset the difference of what the house was worth, and what was owed on it. Along with that, she owed me the difference in cash between the other bills she got. Knowing my ex, I knew I would never get paid what she owed, so I had a stipulation put in that if it wasn't paid in 3 months, it would accrue 10% interest from there on, and, since I was still on the title for the house, I had the right to sell the house outright and split the profit.

Answer 4

You have a couple of options.

1) Get an attorney and have his wages garnished (attached)

2) Turn the judgment over to a collection agency and let them
hound him ( you will probably only get 50%, the agency gets
the other 50%)

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Answer 5

judgment is always the easy part as you are finding out collection is the hard part

does he have assets? is he hiding assets? if you think either of these two are in line, then you can issue an information subpoena where he would have to appear and court and disclose his assets

if he a little or no assets, then if he has a steady job then depending on your state you can garnish his wages

if he is in a cash business or jumps from job to job it maybe difficult to collect at this time, but in time he may save enough to buy assets or get remarried and if his name is on the title to a home then you can go after his have

Answer 6

Wage Garnishment. An attorney will have to file the correct paperwork for you. He will have to use his/an attorney to respond to your motion. The court will assess his income, most common ploy is to underreport the wages so the check isn't hit too hard. Then assign a garnishment amount, fines and penalties if any, and it will be filed and forwarded onto his employer. The employer becomes repsonsible for deducting the amount from his check and paying it to the court, who in turn will issue it to you. Messy, but there are no gray areas.

Most states that do this will not allow the employer to fire him for this.

Answer 7

I would definatly seek legal advise on this one. They are the ones that can help you. Plus I don't know what it is that you got to be collecting so I am not sure. Legal advise and lots of patients and be calm. Acting out will never get you what you deserve. Be kind even if you don't want to. Maybe talk to him. If he doesn't listen then you will have to get someone envolved. Usually when the judge orders something and you dont pay you get arrested.

Answer 8

Make sure you get liens on all his assets. He won't be able to complete certain transactions without you being paid.

You should sit down and calculate how much things will cost you vs how much the judgement is for.

Get someone to report it to his credit report.

Answer 9

I think you would need a lawyer. It would probably start with serving "Interrogatories" on him to determine where he has his bank accounts, what land he owns, what investments he owns, and what tangible personal property might be subject to execution.

Then, hypothetically, you would have writs of execution served on his bank accounts, have the sheriff seize property for sale, etc.

In some states, you cannot garnish wages unless it if for child support.

Let a lawyer do it.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

Best one, is to get that AK47 since the Law in US is so corrupt.