Can't pay judgement do I go to jail?

[trickychic]

What is the name of your state? PA
Married 1994
Bought house in 1999 in husbands name only ( I had bad credit at the time)
My father passed in 2000 and the money I had from his estate I used during our marriage for things for the house (also paid a couple of credit card bills off and bought appliances for house)
2003 HE took out a bill consolidation loan to consolidate things even further.
I worked full time during out entire marriage and my paycheck also went into expenses for the house just as his did.
Being a Carpenter he would get layed off for months at a time during the years so we relied on my income to get by during those periods.
He divorced me in 2006 as he just wasn't happy with me (had several other women on the side I found out)
During our separation he took out a HOME EQUITY loan to pay off his things AGAIN to which I did NOT get any money from.
Wanting to be done and over with everything to get on with my life in the divorce agreement I agreed to continue to pay my half of the earlier loan on a monthly basis (150.00).
We also agreed that the house would remain in his name and that I would be able to keep residing there until 1 year after the divorce papers were signed as he moved out about 8 months before our divorce.
He kicked me out 3 months premature of the agreement in the papers because I moved my boyfriend in with me to help with the expenses as I just couldn't do it on my own. And I was still making his mortgage payments directly to the mortgage company to stay there.
When he discovered I had someone living with me he threatened to take me to court and said I had to leave (again the agreement was that I had until June to stay there but he booted me out in April by lying and saying he already rented the house out so I had to move out asap. As it turns out he was the one moving back in with his girlfriend from the past 2 years.

I continued to hold up my end of the deal until recently I have fallen behind on his payments as I just purchased a house of my own.
I am two months behind on my payments and he has already filed papers with an attorney taking me to court for the 300.00 already.
I can't afford to pay him and I want to know do I have any case here against him?
I received NO equity from the house and my income was also used for everything during those years as well. Yet I walked away with NOTHING.

Is it too late to file against him for anything since the divorce is over?
Can I use the fact that he evicted me early from the house despite what our contract said? I was literally homeless as a result of him threatening for me to leave as I couldn't find an apartment soon enough so I ended up living with a friend for a month and then my brother until I could find a house of my own.

I don't have the 300.00 AND the court costs he is claiming. so do I have to go to jail?????

[Bali Hai]

Originally Posted by trickychic

What is the name of your state? PA
Married 1994
Bought house in 1999 in husbands name only ( I had bad credit at the time)
My father passed in 2000 and the money I had from his estate I used during our marriage for things for the house (also paid a couple of credit card bills off and bought appliances for house)
2003 HE took out a bill consolidation loan to consolidate things even further.
I worked full time during out entire marriage and my paycheck also went into expenses for the house just as his did.
Being a Carpenter he would get layed off for months at a time during the years so we relied on my income to get by during those periods.
He divorced me in 2006 as he just wasn't happy with me (had several other women on the side I found out)
During our separation he took out a HOME EQUITY loan to pay off his things AGAIN to which I did NOT get any money from.
Wanting to be done and over with everything to get on with my life in the divorce agreement I agreed to continue to pay my half of the earlier loan on a monthly basis (150.00).
We also agreed that the house would remain in his name and that I would be able to keep residing there until 1 year after the divorce papers were signed as he moved out about 8 months before our divorce.
He kicked me out 3 months premature of the agreement in the papers because I moved my boyfriend in with me to help with the expenses as I just couldn't do it on my own. And I was still making his mortgage payments directly to the mortgage company to stay there.
When he discovered I had someone living with me he threatened to take me to court and said I had to leave (again the agreement was that I had until June to stay there but he booted me out in April by lying and saying he already rented the house out so I had to move out asap. As it turns out he was the one moving back in with his girlfriend from the past 2 years.

I continued to hold up my end of the deal until recently I have fallen behind on his payments as I just purchased a house of my own.
I am two months behind on my payments and he has already filed papers with an attorney taking me to court for the 300.00 already.
I can't afford to pay him and I want to know do I have any case here against him?
I received NO equity from the house and my income was also used for everything during those years as well. Yet I walked away with NOTHING.

Is it too late to file against him for anything since the divorce is over?
Can I use the fact that he evicted me early from the house despite what our contract said? I was literally homeless as a result of him threatening for me to leave as I couldn't find an apartment soon enough so I ended up living with a friend for a month and then my brother until I could find a house of my own.

I don't have the 300.00 AND the court costs he is claiming. so do I have to go to jail?????

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[LdiJ]

Originally Posted by trickychic

What is the name of your state? PA
Married 1994
Bought house in 1999 in husbands name only ( I had bad credit at the time)
My father passed in 2000 and the money I had from his estate I used during our marriage for things for the house (also paid a couple of credit card bills off and bought appliances for house)
2003 HE took out a bill consolidation loan to consolidate things even further.
I worked full time during out entire marriage and my paycheck also went into expenses for the house just as his did.
Being a Carpenter he would get layed off for months at a time during the years so we relied on my income to get by during those periods.
He divorced me in 2006 as he just wasn't happy with me (had several other women on the side I found out)
During our separation he took out a HOME EQUITY loan to pay off his things AGAIN to which I did NOT get any money from.
Wanting to be done and over with everything to get on with my life in the divorce agreement I agreed to continue to pay my half of the earlier loan on a monthly basis (150.00).
We also agreed that the house would remain in his name and that I would be able to keep residing there until 1 year after the divorce papers were signed as he moved out about 8 months before our divorce.
He kicked me out 3 months premature of the agreement in the papers because I moved my boyfriend in with me to help with the expenses as I just couldn't do it on my own. And I was still making his mortgage payments directly to the mortgage company to stay there.
When he discovered I had someone living with me he threatened to take me to court and said I had to leave (again the agreement was that I had until June to stay there but he booted me out in April by lying and saying he already rented the house out so I had to move out asap. As it turns out he was the one moving back in with his girlfriend from the past 2 years.

I continued to hold up my end of the deal until recently I have fallen behind on his payments as I just purchased a house of my own.
I am two months behind on my payments and he has already filed papers with an attorney taking me to court for the 300.00 already.
I can't afford to pay him and I want to know do I have any case here against him?
I received NO equity from the house and my income was also used for everything during those years as well. Yet I walked away with NOTHING.

Is it too late to file against him for anything since the divorce is over?
Can I use the fact that he evicted me early from the house despite what our contract said? I was literally homeless as a result of him threatening for me to leave as I couldn't find an apartment soon enough so I ended up living with a friend for a month and then my brother until I could find a house of my own.

I don't have the 300.00 AND the court costs he is claiming. so do I have to go to jail?????

Why the heck did you agree to make that payment? Did he agree to pay back half of your inheritance that went for marital property and bills? No...therefore you should not have agree to that.

However, you did agree, and now you are stuck. You won't go to jail over it, but a judgement will end up getting entered against you and it may end up being garnished from your paycheck. You are going to have to find a way to rearrange your budget and/or get a second job, so that you can continue to make those payments on time.

[trickychic]

I agreed to the things back then just to prevent things from getting drawn out and nasty. I needed to get on with my life with the least amount of stress. I now realize that I didn't make the wisest of choices at that time due to the stress I was under.
I am just shocked that this individual is taking me to court for $300.00 and wishes to create all of this stress when I told him that I will try to get the money to him when I can.
Now he wants to take it to this level . I don't know what my rights are if I get a lawyer to counter suit as I just don't have the money. I am so behind on my own bills right now.

[LdiJ]

Originally Posted by trickychic

I agreed to the things back then just to prevent things from getting drawn out and nasty. I needed to get on with my life with the least amount of stress. I now realize that I didn't make the wisest of choices at that time due to the stress I was under.
I am just shocked that this individual is taking me to court for $300.00 and wishes to create all of this stress when I told him that I will try to get the money to him when I can.
Now he wants to take it to this level . I don't know what my rights are if I get a lawyer to counter suit as I just don't have the money. I am so behind on my own bills right now.

It would be counter productive to hire an attorney. There is nothing that an attorney can do to help you at this point. You basically signed a contract and now you have to live up to that contract. Again, get a second job if you have to, but you have to pay that bill.