I have moved to another county in Georgia,with fowarding mail I was notified by a lawters adv.that a lawsuit had been filed against me.I am in a completely different part of the state.Do I need to call the court house in that county to find out what is going on,because I no longer live at that address so papers cannot be served.I am afraid that a default judgement will be filed against me and my wages will be garnished... What should I do..

You can come to a settlement before the court date... you can also notify the court of your current address... You are correct... being a no-show means they win.

Have you notified the person you owe the money to, of your new address?

But yes, you contact the court to see if anyone has filed a law suit against you. If you don't show up, you lose automatically. But also, unless you can prove you don't owe the debt, you will lose also if you show up.

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Have you been served with process? Until that happens in a proper way, default cannot be entered. The problem is that they may falsely claim they served you and get judgment against you in that way.

Since you are aware that a suit may have been entered, then yes, you contact the court and confirm this. Inform them of your move and ask that the case be transferred to your local court. Ask the court what you need to do to answer the summons and get a change in venue.

I don't know what this means - "lawters adv." A lawyer's advertisement? By publication?

Depends on what the notification was. A summons cannot be served by mail UNLESS it's part 2 of a "nail and mail." Is that possible?