Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Texas

A loss in civil courts ability to garnish my wages

I�m involved in a Civil Lawsuit in the state of Florida. It is over some trees that were cut from my land and from my neighbors. I now live in Texas and own a home there, I have no ties to Florida what so ever. My question is, if I lose this lawsuit or just drop my defense and allow a judgment against me to happen what could be the consequences? Could my wages be garnished? Could my bank account be debited? Could they attach a lien to my house? If the answer to any of these questions is yes what is the chance of this happening to me. Can a judge in Florida enforce any of these things in Texas? I have already offered to settle with the neighbor for 4000.00 when the trees weren�t worth more than 1000.00 but it seems like he and his Lawyer see big bucks down the road because I�m working in Iraq. Please if you can help I would really appreciate it, my lawyer just wants to keep going but I can�t blame him he�s getting paid as well.


Asked on 1/16/07, 12:10 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Cheryl Rivera Smith The Smith Law Firm

Re: A loss in civil courts ability to garnish my wages

Get the lawsuit dismissed if you can, then you won't have to worry about it. A default judgment is difficault to enforce and most fall to the wayside. So the reality of it is that they probably won't come after you, but they could.

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Answered on 1/16/07, 6:07 pm


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