Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Pennsylvania

i have just receive a writ of execution notice from Portfolio Recovery associates, llc,

i was unable to make it to court due to a family medical issue, so the judgment was not in my favor. the debut that Portfolio Recovery is trying to recover from us is in question, we lived in florida for four years, had an account through GE for a furniture,

we know this this bill was paid in full, but have no paper work for final payment, we went over our bank records and could not find any record of GE payment, but a coulpe of unknow names that did add up to close to the amout. i made many calls starting with the furniture in florida, Ge capital, and Portfolio Recovery and no one would give me any infor about the account, i know, by not showing up for court doesnt look good on me, what should i do about the execution notice, we know that this bill was paid in full, i dont want to repay for something that was paid, but we dont want the sheriff department coming in selling our things for a five thousands dollar bill.


Asked on 5/01/14, 8:27 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Rachel Hunter

If you have no paperwork then you have nothing and you will have to pay again.

By waiting until a writ of execution showed up you have waited too long. You new you were sued - you should have contacted an attorney regardless of whether you would be unable to attend the hearing.

I know one of Portfolio's Attorneys - depending on the stage of the case it MAY be possible to resolve it for something less than the full balance owed. If you have the funds and would like to try to resolve this, then please contact me at [email protected].

If the judgment was recently entered and you do have proof of payment, it may be possible to challenge the judgment. If litigation is what you have in mind, then please contact local counsel to review the papers and file the appropriate motion to open the judgment and stay execution.

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Answered on 5/06/14, 7:22 pm


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