Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in California

I appeared in court in answer to a summons. I am being sued in a civil collections case <$10k. This is a debt purchased by another party. When I showed to make my "arguments", the plaintiffs lawyer motioned to dismiss without prejudice. This was granted by the judge. When I inquired as to the intentions of plaintiff, judge says "You'll have to aske the lawyer". When I did, the lawyer told me "They may seek a change of venue, but you will get notification in mail". This was a local lawyer (SF bay area), not the lawyer in my paperwork (from southern CA).

I then looked my case up online and there is a request by the plaintiff to "vacate". Can you tell me what I may expect? Did they request this because I did something wrong in my response to summons? Or was their lawyer just not available and this was the legal way around it?

Thanks in advance for any information you have to offer.

Regards,

Amy


Asked on 1/12/13, 11:16 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Joel Selik www.SelikLaw.com

They were probably unable to prove their case, or unready. This should end this case, though they may file another lawsuit. Generally, they do not.

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Answered on 1/12/13, 11:49 am


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