I got ran over ended up with brain damage so i never got the money from victims and my judgement i need hlp to claim and prosue my legal needs
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I got ran over ended up with brain damage so i never got the money from victims and my judgement i need hlp to claim and prosue my legal needs
i got ran down he got seven yrs never did it , he got released i never knew how, i had a judgement he filed bank ruptcy on it, is that legal
Asked on April 16, 2009 under Bankruptcy Law, California
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Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
Although Bankruptcy normally discharges most debts and can wipe out civil court judgments, there are a series of things the person filing bankruptcy is supposed to do to obtain an effective discharge.
Did he list you on the schedule of creditors? Did you get sent notice of the filing so you could interpose an objection? Would you have had any basis to object? Did he hide his assets?
What did you obtain the judgment for -- simple negligence or an intentional act or something else that might have been non-dischargeable in bankruptcy?
When did all this happen? There are time limits to object.
In short, it sounds as if you have a tough path ahead of you.
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