Q: Small claims matter of $5000 owed by multiple people.Have texts showing they agreed to pay me back.Worth going to court?
I loaned multiple people money this past year. The money was loaned to people who were at the time long-term friends who agreed to pay me back ASAP. All of these people live in NJ and I have personal information (Addresses, etc) for all of them. I have texts showing them asking me for money and agreeing to pay me back. Most of them will not respond to a court order or will not show up to court because they know they owe me the money and there is no way to contest it. They all have jobs so when I win the garner wages approach would allow me to get my money back. I am a low income(unemployed) college student so I wanted to know the best approach to obtaining my money legally or should I rather not attempt to obtain my money through the court. The money was loaned to people who were at the time long-term friends who agreed to pay me back ASAP.
A: You should go to Court, but an attorney is not going to be willing to handle your cases, since it would not be cost effective. If you are really in such bad financial shape, why would you ever loan money to anyone?
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