Do I still have to go to court if I have just sent full payment of a debt to the firm that is collecting the debt?
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Do I still have to go to court if I have just sent full payment of a debt to the firm that is collecting the debt?
I recently received a summons to go to court in 2 weeks on a debt that I owe. I sent the payment of the debt in full to the law firm representing the creditor, the day before I received the summons. I’m trying to contact the creditor’s law firm to make sure they received the payment.
Asked on November 1, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, Kansas
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Good question. If you have paid the full amount owed to the judgment creditor before the hearing date for trial, you need to call and write the attorney for the creditor to make sure that the hearing date for trial will be taken off calendar. Make sure you get a confirming letter from the attorney that the hearing date is off calendar and you get a filed full satisfaction of the judgment against you.
A full satisfaction means that the debt is paid in full. You alson need from the other attorney a dismissal of the lawsuit filed against you with prejudice. You do not want to have to deal with this lawsuit again. I would also call the court clerk to make sure the trial date is off calendar.
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