If I owe x amount of moneyin restitution to several people, can one of the people included in the restitution also take me to collection over the same matter?
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If I owe x amount of moneyin restitution to several people, can one of the people included in the restitution also take me to collection over the same matter?
can they “get paid” off the collection and the restitution
Asked on August 31, 2011 Washington
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
If you owe several people money and if one of them is not willing to work with you one a repayment plan, that person can bring a legal action against you for the money claimed owed and attempt to obtain a judgment against you. If a judgment is obtained against you, then you have the option of paying it off immediately, working upon an agreed payment plan or having the judgment creditor chase you for payament which is not a fun process for the judgment debtor.
Rather than suing you, one of your creditors could assign the debt to a collection agency to pursue you over.
If you are willing to make current installment payments to the creditor in an agreed amount per a written document, that would be the wisest course of action in order to get the debt paid down.
Good luck.
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