C A Mather Incorporated
Judgement

In order to obtain a judgement against the debtor summons must first be drawn, issued by the court and sent to the sheriff of the court for him to officially serve it upon the debtor. Once served the debtor can:

• make contact with the attorney and make arrangements to pay

• throw the summons in the bin, or

• defend the action

In most collection matters involving goods sold and services rendered the debtors seldom defend. We shall therefore deal with defended matters at another time. You may in the meantime like to read our "See you in court" page.

If the debtor pays that's great. Should it ignore the summons then default judgement is obtained. This process can take some time but once judgement has been entered the debtor is effectively blacklisted. Its name is recorded at various credit bureaus and it will not there after be granted credit very easily.