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    Jul 6, 2009, 04:14 PM
    Summons in CA, pay or go straight to jail
    A family member was served a summons for cc debt w/chase bank. The lawyer friend she spoke with told her it will cost her $500 to respond or go to jail. Does this sound right?
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    Jul 6, 2009, 06:48 PM

    No, if a attorney told her that she could go to jail for a civil court summons on a credit card debt,

    1. don't use them
    2. report them to the state bar association

    If they just don't show up, they merely lose the civil case and there is a judgement for the amount of money put against them.

    They can respond by merely replying to the court and debtor that they plan on defending thierself.
    *** but of course they will have to prove they don't owe the money or there is some legal reason they can't have a judgement
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