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What is the name of your state? Hawaii
My neighbor allowed her dog to get out (again) and this time it got into our coop and killed 9 laying hens, which is almost all of them. They were beloved pets of my son, primarily.
At first she was so sorry and wanting to make it right. I asked her for only part of the damages, and she said it was way too much and then stopped communicating.
I am looking at taking her to SC court.
Questions:
1. How do I get the Humane Society report? They are saying they need a subpoena from my lawyer but I don’t have one and don’t plan to get one.
2. I am fairly confident I will prevail. But she claims to not have any money (despite recently adopting a fairly large dog), works as a waitress. She cited her mortgage payment as one reason she couldn’t pay but property searches don’t show her owning any property, only briefly being on the title for the house where she lives. I believe she rents a room.
Basically, how much hope should I have that I will ever collect from a person who may keep as low a financial profile as possible? On the court search I can see there are (among other things) tax liens on her in the past for failure to pay income tax, so I suspect she now tries to avoid documented income.
I am a teacher and single mother, I really didn’t need this expense (on top of the heartache and physical labor this caused.)
Also, this truly was devastating, as strange as that may seem given they were chickens. Can I ask for anything because of that?
thank you
My neighbor allowed her dog to get out (again) and this time it got into our coop and killed 9 laying hens, which is almost all of them. They were beloved pets of my son, primarily.
At first she was so sorry and wanting to make it right. I asked her for only part of the damages, and she said it was way too much and then stopped communicating.
I am looking at taking her to SC court.
Questions:
1. How do I get the Humane Society report? They are saying they need a subpoena from my lawyer but I don’t have one and don’t plan to get one.
2. I am fairly confident I will prevail. But she claims to not have any money (despite recently adopting a fairly large dog), works as a waitress. She cited her mortgage payment as one reason she couldn’t pay but property searches don’t show her owning any property, only briefly being on the title for the house where she lives. I believe she rents a room.
Basically, how much hope should I have that I will ever collect from a person who may keep as low a financial profile as possible? On the court search I can see there are (among other things) tax liens on her in the past for failure to pay income tax, so I suspect she now tries to avoid documented income.
I am a teacher and single mother, I really didn’t need this expense (on top of the heartache and physical labor this caused.)
Also, this truly was devastating, as strange as that may seem given they were chickens. Can I ask for anything because of that?
thank you