Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Virginia

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My boyfriend and I live together, during our first year together there was mutual harassing behaviors that began with his ex via email.(I say mutual because I admit I stooped to her level.In the spring I received a plain envelope with her address, inside was a Warrant in Debt. It had no info about what I was being sued for just my name and my boyfriends and the amount of $15,000.As I researched this I discovered anyone can print these forms off and fill them out. I could have sent her one back, but I did not. Weeks later my son was at home, and the mailman had 2 certified letters, he did not accept them for reasons that aren't relevant right now. Long story short, I did not believe we were truly being sued, now I am getting emails from this lady saying I owe her $15,000 due to her default judgment.This location is 4 or more hours from my home, I am at a loss as to what to do. I am a fulltime student and divorced mom of 4, I can hardly afford to travel 4 hours for her nonsense, nor can I afford $15,000. I have since checked court records and this woman's new husband is constantly defending suits and losing, I suppose this is where she became familiar with how to sue, and why she needs the $.Can you offer advice?

Asked on 7/28/03, 6:11 pm

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Where (that is, what court) was this litigation supposed to have taken place in? Please email me privately giving me the names, dates, jurisdiction (i.e., county or city) of the court, and why the ex said she was entitled to money. I really can't tell you much without that information. If they got service of process via the secretary of the commonwealth of virginia (which might be where the certified mail came from), the court may have believed there was good service of process. But unless you did something in virginia to satisfy the requirements for personal jurisdiction, the court had no basis for entry of a judgment against you.

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Answered on 7/28/03, 8:08 pm

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