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1 Answer | Asked in Appeals / Appellate Law, Consumer Law and Civil Litigation for Georgia on
Q: If plaintiff wins a judgment and defendant refuses to pay and appeal is denied and defendant still refuses to pay.

What are my options

Sabrina A. Parker
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Sabrina A. Parker
answered on Nov 5, 2024

You can do post-judgment interrogatories to determine what, if any, assets they may have (i.e. personal property, bank accounts, earnings, etc.) so that you can seize the asset or garnish bank accounts and/or wages to satisfy the judgment.

0 Answers | Asked in Contracts for Georgia on
Q: is failing health cancer, an acceptable reason for not answering interrogatories in a timely manner

i have a nisi hearing to show cause why i should not be held in Civil Contempt for a purposed violation of an Order of the Court to Answer Interrogatories I contend that my health is was in such bad shape and was in so much pain that I couldn't i have answers with me to submit at tomorrows... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Uncategorized for Georgia on
Q: Is it blackmail if I threaten to turn my former employer in to the DOL for wage and hour violations?

I was terminated for my job for theft after 9 yrs, and my employer and I agreed upon a payment arrangement. If i don't make a payment of 200 weekly they are going to prosecute me. This week I was not able to make payment because I still have not been able to find a job, but they are not... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Georgia on
Q: I was not given credit for 3 years I did awaiting trial on a charge, made parole, in court got 6 years prob. Fr courtdat

They didn't even acknowledge my 3 years I built , got my GED,and voluntarily went to rsat in prison because I wanted to look good in court on charge. They law 17-10-11 states I am entitled to every day I spend incarcerated on a charge pretrial and post trial, hand and hand with any other... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Workers' Compensation for Georgia on
Q: I was a small business owner and I am being sued over a workers compensation audit. Can you help me please?

I owned a company that only had one job for that paid approximately $11k, which my company only received about $1,200. After an insurance audit I received a bill for over #3k. I disputed the audit, turned over all the requested information to Travelers insurance company and later received a bill... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Employment Discrimination, Employment Law and Personal Injury for Georgia on
Q: how can i be banned as a safety issue at a school i work at because a parent has an issue with me

My boyfriend has a restraining order against him between him and his son. i work for a contractor for school system, i am over 3 schools as cleaner/supervisor. The sons wife has went to the principal and has had me removed from working at the 1 school because her son goes there. There is no order... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law for Georgia on
Q: If someone dosent have drugs on their personal self, yet are in someone else's vehicle and the deputy finds drugs in the

Vehicle,then how can the innocent passenger be prosecuted for posession of drugs when he is innocent?and the drugs were in the truck bed,and the passenger don't even have the keys or nothing to do with it or even knowledge of it?

0 Answers | Asked in Agricultural Law and Land Use & Zoning for Georgia on
Q: What is the definition of "nonresident alien" for agricultural land ownership in Georgia per Senate Bill 420 (SB420/CSFA

Do both criteria need to be met—being a non-U.S. citizen or legal resident and being an agent of a foreign government designated as a foreign adversary—to be considered a "nonresident alien"?

Therefore, can a non-U.S. citizen (or legal resident) with no links to the designated... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Contracts and Real Estate Law for Georgia on
Q: Do I have a breach of contract and/or fraud claim lawsuit?

I am the seller of a property and a homebuyer company did not close. Two days before closing they said their was a break in the chain of title. After the initial contract expired they asked for an extension which did not have an expiration date. I declined the extension. 1st demand letter was sent... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Education Law and Health Care Law for Georgia on
Q: I am an orthodontic resident at Georgia School of Orthodontic and I am accused of inappropriate questioning of a minor

patient (16.5 year-olds in Georgia State) without parental consent regarding medication birth control pills led to a formal complaint by the father

what is the legal age for medical consent related to this case, and is it ok to ask her for her physician's consultation to give... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Criminal Law, Appeals / Appellate Law and Civil Rights for Georgia on
Q: If my case was Vacated and Remanded wasn't the appeal suppose to send papers to the courts? To Schedule me on a docket.

It's been 4 years still haven't been on the docket. Appeal case #A19A2175

0 Answers | Asked in Uncategorized for Georgia on
Q: I was hoping to get the actual information on a case from 1978 Kimbrell v State Can you help me?

My mother was pregnant with me

Misty w tilley dob: 02/18/1978

I am trying to get anything I can about my father xx

Whom I never got to know or meet I am trying to figure out if there's anyone from his biological family I may be related to

Please contact me if you can

1 Answer | Asked in Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury for Georgia on
Q: Paid for CBL and it wasn't performed. Can I get my money back since he didn't do the surgery I paid for?

I have before and after pics of my procedure. I was to have a completion of a CBL and bring my scars completely around down my buttocks. Was told it would lift my buttocks and pull down flank area fat. He was to lipo area and then cut and pull up/down to remove back fat. All he performed was... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Nov 12, 2024

A Georgia attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for two weeks. It isn't clear if what you describe rises to the level of medical malpractice. Med mal lawsuits generally involve a departure from a duty to provide a prescribed standard of medical care. What you describe... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Employment Law for Georgia on
Q: Can I sue my company for firing me due to the inability to come to work because they failed to pay me on time

The manager told me I the pay schedule is biweekly

2 Answers | Asked in Family Law, Child Custody and Child Support for Georgia on
Q: Can my soon to be ex husband give up his rights without there being someone else to b take them?

My soon to be ex husband says that he doesn’t believe our unborn baby is his (I believe it’s his girlfriends doing because at first he was on board). He wants nothing to do with him or me and wants to give up his rights at birth. Can he give up his rights with no step parent or other father to... View More

Alake Colwell Furlow
Alake Colwell Furlow
answered on Nov 15, 2024

Voluntarily terminating your parental rights does not relieve you of the obligation to pay child support. If the child were legally adopted then the father's obligations would sever. But that's the only way to avoid paying child support is legal adoption by another party.

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0 Answers | Asked in Traffic Tickets for Georgia on
Q: What is the statue(if any) on a driving under suspension in the state of Georgia

It was over 5 years old before I got a notice to appear in court

0 Answers | Asked in Contracts and Real Estate Law for Georgia on
Q: Should I sue a homebuyer company for breach of contract and/or fraud claim?

I'm the seller of a property and a home buyers company notified me 2 days before closing there was a break in the chain of title and they sent an extension that did not have an expiration date, which I declined. After initial contract expired, I requested the removal of affidavit of... View More

0 Answers | Asked in Divorce for Georgia on
Q: My wife and i agreed on the settlement and we both signed the papers and they are now with the judge. She wants to

reduce the amount that I receive because she's being taxed on her equity that she got from the house

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