Q: Can a judgment on a lawsuit be dropped or transferred?
An ex of mine was arrested in 2012 and his sister contacted a bail bond.originally I was going to cosign because I was under the impression he had the funds to pay the bond right away. But this was false so I changed my mind and never signed the paper work. I found out later that someone forged my signature possibly the sister and the bail bond sued me for non payment instead of him. I told them I never met with anyone or signed the document but they said they had my information and there was nothing I could do. Now the balance is in my name and Im trying to contact the ex to pay it but is there a way to get this transferred to his name?
A:
If the case has already gone to trial and been decided, then no. You have to appeal. If it hasn't gone to trial and it is just in collections, I'd ask the collection agency for verification under the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.
It will depend on just what the document in question shows, but if the forgery is lousy, then you may want to consider suing the bail bond company to make them not come after you any more. That can be fairly involved, though.
Andy
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