Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Massachusetts

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Okay I will give a brief explanation. I owed money on my car, it was going to be repossed.My former employer loaned me the money to pay off the loan so that I can get back and forth to work. She was a new owner in the business and we never really hit if off. Our agreement was to pay the loan back in the amount of $65 every week until it was paid in full. I agreed. That was in Novemeber 2005.In April 2006 she let me go from my job''claiming'' I was stealing from her!Understand I have worked there for 15 years. Why would I steal from a place that I loved? Anyways I was let go,not 2 wks later I get a letter from the courthouse in her area stating I need to go to court for of payment on the loan.Mind you she just let me go,no money,unemployed,had just filed that day in April for unemployment.She kept my last weeks pay which was $500 saying I owed that to her..I get a job in May of 2006. I had worked there for just 1 month and she spread the rumor that I stole from her understand I worked in an office.Was asked to leave new job.I filed unemp again.She brought me bk to crt in July 06 didn't make court. I was sent a letter asking for info on my job.I expl the situ and I never heard again until 2day when a cop came.Took car.Is legal 2 tak


Asked on 12/30/06, 4:20 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Dmitry Lev The Lev Law Firm

Re: Legal

It sounds like your absence in court caused a judgment to enter and an execution to issue. An execution allows the Sheriff to levy upon your property, which may include a car. In Massachusetts you get a $700 exemption which should have been paid to you immediately if the car is worth more than that. Your options are to pay the judgment or perhaps ask the court to vacate it for good cause. Where you were being asked about your job info was likely a supplementary process or suit upon judgment. That is not the proper forum to ask the court to reconsider the merits of the judgment. Feel free to call if you have additional questions.

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Answered on 1/04/07, 12:22 am


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