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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:07 PM Original message |
In jail for being in debt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yay! Let's go back to Serfdom! |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. "This land is your land, this land is my land..." |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. in jail for failing to obey subpoena . Imagine that. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. No |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. and you don't see anything wrong with a third party creditor |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. This is not a subpoena, it's a final judgment. |
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fishbulb703 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Wrong. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. That, in itself, is never done |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. All you have to do is draft up the appropriate document and submit proof of service |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No, the court doesn't |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. If you don't comply with an order on one of these, you most certainly can be cited for contempt! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Again, find a case n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I don't need to "find one" -I've seen them and dealt with them for myself |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Then you should be able to find an article |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Look yourself- or ask another lawyer what they think |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Who said the contempt was for not paying debt? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. It wouldn't be news if it were normal |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Pretty simple solution. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Simpler Solution |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. I'm not justifying anything. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. True. Now our law enforcement officers are becoming collection agents. Unbelievable! nt |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. If They Don't Serve You The Warrant... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They "serve the warrant" when they arrest you n/t |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. When the hell did this become legal?? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Nobody was locked up for debt. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. For a criminal charge |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. She was locked up for failure to pay a debt! How can you say she wasn't? |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. So showing up for court should just be optional? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. She'd have been arrested on the spot |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. No, the bottom line is much simpler. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. No she was locked up for not appearing in court. |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. "Generally speaking ignoring a subpoena is a bad idea." |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. You' aren't getting it. Debt shouldn't be a criminal matter to begin with. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. It isn't a crminal matter. It is a civil one. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. However, per the article, |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. It happens in Dubai. Maybe we are trying to gut our civil liberties. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Even in the UAE, they go for the thin veil of legitimacy... most big purchases require giving |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Same story on this thread, also first page of GD. |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. Frightening! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The kind of debt isn't the issue |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I get it. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I didn't mean you |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. No problem. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. In some South America countries you can pay your way out of debtors |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. "I'm free to do want I want any ol time" © Chase |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
41. What bankers have gone to jail for not paying on their debts? |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. wow, society is really regressing to the early nineteenth century |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
47. If you are arrested for private Debt.. you can't even do Community Service.. |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
48. Even in Minnesota this is unconstitutional! |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
49. Here's one more Trib article on the subject: |
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