[smcguire]

I have a motion hearing scheduled for a credit card bill that was not paid. I am in the process of paying off my bankruptcy attorney, but since this is not paid off yet I, of course, have a motion hearing scheduled with a credit card company. Do not need to know if this needs to be mentioned, but I live in Wisconsin. I was curious if I have to attend this motion hearing or is this one of those things were they send you a financial disclosure?

[charlotte234s]

Are you asking if you're required by law to attend or if this is just the credit card company's way of trying to reach you and force you to pay?

[smcguire]

If I am required by law to attend, if it's mandatory to go.

[excon]

Hello sm:

If it were me, I wouldn't miss a thing. If you look around here, you'll find dozens of people who ignored the invitation by the courts to attend. They're sorry they didn't go. You might be too.

excon

[Fr_Chuck]

Of course show up, don't let them get closer to a judgement, you think it is hard to pay your attorney now, wait till they garnish your pay and attach your bank accounts and try to pay the attorney.

Show up, and see if they show up ( often they don't) and see if you can get a new date perhaps to put this off longer, challenge everything, don't let anything be assumed, make them prove every thing they are doing

[JudyKayTee]

A little confused - you filed Bankruptcy, hired an Attorney, and now this credit card debt is being contested? If the credit card was part of the bankruptcy whether you have finished paying your Attorney I believe he (or she) must either notify you in writing that he/she will not be representing you OR he/she must appear. You can't just drop a client. The Court also has to be notified - depending on the jurisdiction the Court might order the Attorney to complete representing you, stay on board until everything is finished. Then the Attorney has to make a motion to be released.

No matter what - don't ignore notices from the Court.