Can I reverse a judgment after a decision has been made?

Question

My university sent a court order to someone else address, despite me recently giving them my current one (where I've resided for TWO years). I was not notified of the court date and a judgment was made against me in my absence. Is there anyway to reverse this decision and have all the extra court fees removed since I was NOT notified of the day. Basically I wasn't served properly!...Plus my personal info was actually sent to someone else (very not cool).

Answer 1

so your university told you you have a judgment against you, or who actually did? I would say that the collection agency were the ones in the wrong and not your university so get a copy of that judgment (call the court and ask them to send you a copy) then write those collectors and tell them they didn't have the right address therefore you didn't receive a summons to court and that you'd now like to pay them in full, or start all over to bring it back into court to make a repayment schedule. Then copy the court (note the case number on it) and copy the 3 credit bureaus.



You said your personal info was sent to someone else. Do you mean like same name but different address or old address but with your good name, because it's illegal to open someone else's mail and it should have been referred back to the post office and they should have returned it to the collector, and the collector should have found your new address (and you should have notified the post office of your change of address) and sent you the court information. Because you didn't inform the post office therefore when your mail was not returned to the collector they thought you were ignoring them and brought the judgment against you. That should teach you a lesson to keep up with your personal matters (change your address).



After you send out those letters wait to see if a second court date is set but be sure to give them all your new address. The collector may or may not choose to bring it back into the court but they by all rights should ask for that to allow you to repay.

Answer 2

Yes, you can hire an attorney who can get the judgment set aside due to improper service. But you will still owe the debt and the university can just refile, send the summons to the correct address, and win the judgment again. You'll still have all the extra fees, plus the attorney fees.



If the address the summons was mailed to was your previous address that showed up in the official university records, you may not even be able to claim improper service.

Answer 3

Sure. You can appeal the judgment if you were not properly served.

Answer 4

appeal it. in the states we have an endless appeal system so that's what i would do