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By Stephen J. Muhonen<\/a>, Creditor\u2019s Rights Attorney<\/a>, Racine Olson, PLLP<\/p>\n

It has been said that a hole was never dug by leaning on a shovel.\u00a0 Rare is the occasion where desired outcomes and favorable results arise without putting your back into a project and earnestly working towards a focused goal.\u00a0 So it goes with attempting to collect on a judgment.\u00a0 If a judgment debtor does not immediately pay their court ordered money to a judgment creditor, rarer and rarer is the occasion where the judgment debtor voluntarily agrees to pay what is due.\u00a0 Sitting on your hands hoping the debtor will do the right thing and \u201cpay up\u201d often only yields frustration and angst, with the judgment debtor not only NOT paying you, but now also living rent free in your head.\u00a0 Recently, I had some clients who had enough of sitting it out and hoping their judgment would be fortuitously paid.\u00a0 They called me up and we had a discussion about their situations.\u00a0 After an enjoyable chat, we then entered into a fee agreement and together we rolled up our sleeves and went to work.\u00a0 We expended time, effort and energy, and as a result, we recovered $150,000.00 on one judgment, $130,000.00 on a second, and $100,000.00 on a third one.\u00a0 Congratulations to these clients!<\/p>\n

The $150,000.00 recovery was on a judgment issued in Colorado in 2023 against an individual and an LLC.\u00a0 The judgment creditor was able to track the judgment debtor to Idaho.\u00a0 With the judgment debtor located, I was retained to domesticate the Colorado judgment here in Idaho and commence collection efforts thereon.\u00a0 After about five to six months of servings writs of execution, obtaining a charging order, completing a debtor\u2019s exam, subpoenaing documents, and pursuing and obtaining contempt order(s), the judgment debtor did indeed finally pay the judgment.\u00a0 The client was willing to and did invest in the process, knowing there were no guarantees as to the outcome.\u00a0 In the end, the work paid off!<\/p>\n

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