Do I have to go to a “show cause” hearing if I’m not fighting anything?

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Do I have to go to a “show cause” hearing if I’m not fighting anything?

My ex and I have been divorced for 2 years now. He co-signed my student loan with Sallie Mae. I have been unable to make the payments and have tried working with them to lower my payments with no success. So I have now defaulted on it and just had a deputy show up with papers stating that I have a court date for a show cause hearing.

Asked on April 11, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, North Carolina

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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

If you were personally served with papers by a deputy sheriff with respect to a court matter against you "to show cause," I suggets that it is in your best interests to show up with an attorney at the time, date and place for the hearing. The reason is that from what you have written it seems as though there is an order to show cause for possible contempt of a court order.

Failure to appear can have a detrimental result for you including, but not limited to a possible finding of contempt of a court order with possible jail time imposed upon you.


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