Q: How do I go about filing small claims dispute in court if the merchant lives in Puerto Rico and I live in New Jersey?
This merchant will not return my down payment. My wedding was supposed to be in Puerto Rico but because of the massive hurricane hitting my wedding was cancelled by the resort . The merchant took my down payment on 9/12/17 and the hurricane hit on 9/18/17 the hotel I was supposed to have my wedding at closed down due to the hurricane on 9/16/17 and called me to cancel my wedding and issue a refund. So this merchant which was hire to do the decor of the wedding did not fulfil her services of the contract and now she is refusing to return my down payment.
A: You will have to have the merchant personally served in Puerto Rico. Everything else would be the same. Depending on the amount of money involved, you may want to retain counsel, but collecting on a Judgment may be very hard.
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