Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Utah

Our problem began when my husband signed a lease on a car and then ended up getting divorced a few months later. His ex-wife was court ordered to pay the lease and she got to keep the vehicle. She never made payments on time and made the whole thing a thorn in our side. We even tried to make a payment for her to get her back on track (didn't work). We were thrilled when the lease was finally up because we thought it would all be over with. Little did we know she racked up almost $10,000 in wear and tear and mile overage. She has never paid it and we now have a collection agency after us. We really don't want to pay it because we feel it is unfair because she had the vehicle almost the entire term of the lease. Our problem has become we can't get a loan for ANYTHING while that is on our credit. We are considering paying it off and suing her because we have read that can be in open collections on our credit report for another 5 years and we really don't want to wait that long to buy things but we don't want to waste the money/time if there is no way to collect from her. SO...my question is...is it worth suing her or will we still never see any money from her? Is there anyway to garnish wages or anything so we actually will see the money afterwards or not?


Asked on 8/17/10, 10:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alvin Lundgren Alvin R. Lundgren, L.C.

You can take her to court and sue her for contempt of court for failing to keep the court orders. and for a judgment for the amount of the lease and overage she did not pay. Once you get that judgment you can garnish her income and wages to pay the bill.

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Answered on 8/23/10, 12:37 pm


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