A: Over time, I have handled civil cases where we obtained judgment, sometimes sizable, but to date have not been able to collect. Unfortunately, that does happen; indeed, as the saying goes, “a paper ...

In Lewis v. DeBord, a judgment creditor recorded a judgment without attaching an “information statement” as technically required by A.R.S. § 33-967. The Arizona Court of Appeals held that the judgment ...

The Question: I had a new roof put on my house in October 2007 that started leaking after six months. When the company's two attempts to fix the problem with caulk failed, I sued in my small claims ...

Too often creditors are faced with accounts that are seemingly uncollectable. If the debtor had money on hand to pay, presumably they would not have incurred the debt at all, right? Especially in the ...

Dad was a debtor and owned 49% LLC (Mom owned 49%, and Son owned the other 2%). Creditor first moved to reverse veil-pierce the LLC, and the Court denied this request. Creditor then obtained a ...

A firm's $34,000 post-judgment charging lien in a matrimonial suit was validated by a state appeals court relying on a contractual rather than statutory basis. The statute governing attorney's liens ...

Q. My niece sold her home last year. She had some outstanding debt which was discovered during the title search, so at closing money was held in escrow to pay the debt. All was paid except for one, ...

In life, Alfred M. Hagler shared a name with his son, unfettered by appellations like “Jr.” or “Sr.” that would distinguish one from the other. In death, the address they also shared remains subject ...