Judgement???

[BIGA]

A sheriff showed up at a relatives house in the US trying to serve me papers on a judgement on debt. I live overseas. I do have a US checking account, but I'm employed overseas by a foreign employer.

I have a US checking account, two actually that I use, I'm sure they know about the one, not sure about the other

How long before they can attach to my checking account?

Can they?

I know they can attach my wages should I ever work again in the US.

Will BKK get me out of this mess?

Should I come back to the US and just file?

Assuming the judgement goes through are there any special precautions I need to take? I have a wife and two kids.

[woeisme]

Typically they need to wait for about 30 days to give you time to pay the judgment. If you don't pay, they can go back to court and get an order of garnishment, in your case, on your bank account. I would keep my money out of the bank, if it's cash on hand then they can't come rip it out of your wallet, but if it's in the bank, they can serve the bank with the garnishment order and "poof" all the money you owe them is taken out of your account and you never see it again. (Unless you are wise and take your money out so they have nothing to go after.) If you have assets like real estate or vehicles or such in your name in the US, they can go after those too, typically would put a lien on them so that you couldn't sell them or change the titles to anyone else's name unless you paid the judgment first. I don't know what the international laws are, if they can come after any of your assets or bank accounts outside the country. good luck

[BIGA]

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