Legal Question in Civil Litigation in New Jersey

The statute of limitations for a contract is six years. Go to court and tell the judge this information and the case will be dismissed. There was an article in the New York Times about

firms that buy old, worthless debt that is legally uncollectible and pursuing collection, relying upon the lack of knowledge of most people as to the statute of limitations.

You might also ask the judge to award you damages under a court rule that entitles a defendant

to compensation for the filing of a frivolous complaint with the Court.

See http://info.corbettlaw.net/olddebts.htm

/p/ See also: http://info.corbettlaw.net/lawguru.htm

In your posting, you say that you are being sued. Yet, you also say that you received a "subpoena" telling you that you have 14 days to return it. That sounds very much like an Information Subpoena. If you received an Information Subpoena, then you ALREADY HAVE A JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU. You need to get to the bottom of whether you are first being sued, or whether you have been sued previously and perhaps did not know about it. If you already have a judgment against you, then you need to take steps right away to evaluate whether a Motion to Vacate Judgment is appropriate. If there is a judgment against you already, then they can levy on your bank account, execute on your wages, etc. Get help right away.