If we have received by mail 2 judgements for the same credit card, what can we do?
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If we have received by mail 2 judgements for the same credit card, what can we do?
I am a 79 year old married man whose sole income is social security. We have several credit cards that we have not been able to make any payments for quite some time. We recently was mailed a judgement from one of the credit cards. We own no property, have no stocks or bonds. Have never had a savings account. What do we do?
Asked on August 23, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, New York
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
I suggest that if you cannot afford an attorney to assist you in the matter that you have written about that you go down to your local legal aid clinic and/or bar association to see if there is a program in place to give you some legal guidance as to what to do concerning the credit card judgments against you. Options are paying them off monthly in an amount you can afford per a written agreement or filing for bankruptcy protection depending upon what your debt to asset ratio is.
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