small claim for money collection

[sanjiv]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? north carolina
my ex-grilfriend want to sue me in small claim court how will i know i am being sued? we both are international student in USA. she lives in california and want to sue me using attorney. she give me gift for x amount and now she want to claim back we argued and i offered some money using mail but she do not cooperate and want to sue me for the money which we do not both agree. how to handle this case

 

[Zigner]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? north carolina
my ex-grilfriend want to sue me in small claim court how will i know i am being sued? we both are international student in USA. she lives in california and want to sue me using attorney. she give me gift for x amount and now she want to claim back we argued and i offered some money using mail but she do not cooperate and want to sue me for the money which we do not both agree. how to handle this case

She's not going to use an attorney to sue you in small claims court in California since attorney's aren't allowed[SUP]*[/SUP] in small claims court in California. Additionally, she would need to sue you in your state, and I doubt she's going to travel there.

I must say that I congratulate your ex on her assimilation in to the American way of life.




[SUP]*[/SUP]Attorney's ARE allowed in California small claims court in very limited circumstances, none of which apply here.

 

[latigo]

she would need to sue you in your state (?) . . . .

Not necessarily so! There isn't enough here to know.

However, more than a few non-resident defendants have been successfully haled into California's civil courts thanks to Section 410.10 of the state's Code of Civil Procedure; acclaimed to be the most far sweeping long arm statute in the country. You might have consider becoming "assimilated" before uttering such a categorical no-no.

 

[Zigner]

Not necessarily so! There isn't enough here to know.

However, more than a few non-resident defendants have been successfully haled into California's civil courts thanks to Section 410.10 of the state's Code of Civil Procedure; acclaimed to be the most far sweeping long arm statute in the country. You might have consider becoming "assimilated" before uttering such a categorical no-no.

I think you need to understand that, based on the facts that WERE given, this OP is not going to be haled (sic) in to California's small claims court. We can start with the matter of effecting service, if you would like.

 

[quincy]

... be haled (sic) in to California's small claims court ...

Actually, no "sic" is needed here. Here is a link: https://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/hail.html

 

[Zigner]

My apologies to latigo. It seems that "hale in to court" is a correct, albeit old, way to say it.