HannaH8R
Georgia,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, January 28, 2011
Info. for fighting Hanna lawsuits:
http://www.beatdebtcollectors.com/
Hanna consumer complaints and blogs:
http://nextlevelunlimited.net/blog/fredrick-j-hanna-collection-debt-or-hanna-barbera-crook-or-cartoon/
Submit a Georgia bar complaint vs. Fred Hanna and other Hanna attorneys:
http://gabar.org/contact_the_bar/
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Hot Springs,#3Consumer Comment
Fri, January 28, 2011
IN THE STATE COURT OF COBB COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
MovingForward
Wellington,#4Consumer Comment
Sat, June 05, 2010
Fred Hanna is a lowlife collections agency. Check out a website called CreditInfoCenter dot com and look in the forum section. You can get your questions answered there on how to respond to this agency.
They are slippery and will move for a default judgment against you. When is your court date?
Robert
Irvine,#5Consumer Comment
Sat, June 05, 2010
It is hard to see exactly what is going on but it appears that you were properly served with a summons for two accounts. You filed the appropriate answer and have a court date. But here is where it gets off. You say you didn't owe the debt or not as much as they say, but then decided(without going to court) to set up a payment plan.
It does not appear that your court date has happened. If that is the case then regardless of what they say GO TO COURT. Until then DO NOT give them ANY banking or account information. In fact you probably should not even talk to them until you see them in court. Because no matter how many times you ask them for the original contract before court they are not going to show it to you. And nothing ever comes of "verbal" agreements.
But in court you need to have them provide the original contract. You also need to have them provide you with proof of the date of your delinquency. This is because the debts are subject to the Statute of Limitations. This is the period of time a company has to sue you. If the debt is outside of the Statute of Limitations you can use that as a defense in court to have the case dismissed. It appears you are from Georgia and if that is the case the Statute of Limitations is 6 years for most debts. So if you haven't paid on this account in more than 6 years it is possible that it is out of Statute. If it is a valid debt, you can explain your financial situation and see if the judge can work out a payment plan that you can work with.
This is why it may be to your advantage to at least consult a lawyer. Paying them a couple hundred dollars may save you a few thousand. One other possibility is that if you have a lot of current bad debts, where lawsuits are possible. You may want to think about Bankruptcy, it is a last resort but would stop the suits and attempts to collect the bad debt. But you have to do this before you pay them any money, because once you pay them the money you won't get it back if you later file Bankruptcy.
Robert
Irvine,#6Consumer Comment
Sat, June 05, 2010
It is hard to see exactly what is going on but it appears that you were properly served with a summons for two accounts. You filed the appropriate answer and have a court date. But here is where it gets off. You say you didn't owe the debt or not as much as they say, but then decided(without going to court) to set up a payment plan.
It does not appear that your court date has happened. If that is the case then regardless of what they say GO TO COURT. Until then DO NOT give them ANY banking or account information. In fact you probably should not even talk to them until you see them in court. Because no matter how many times you ask them for the original contract before court they are not going to show it to you. And nothing ever comes of "verbal" agreements.
But in court you need to have them provide the original contract. You also need to have them provide you with proof of the date of your delinquency. This is because the debts are subject to the Statute of Limitations. This is the period of time a company has to sue you. If the debt is outside of the Statute of Limitations you can use that as a defense in court to have the case dismissed. It appears you are from Georgia and if that is the case the Statute of Limitations is 6 years for most debts. So if you haven't paid on this account in more than 6 years it is possible that it is out of Statute. If it is a valid debt, you can explain your financial situation and see if the judge can work out a payment plan that you can work with.
This is why it may be to your advantage to at least consult a lawyer. Paying them a couple hundred dollars may save you a few thousand. One other possibility is that if you have a lot of current bad debts, where lawsuits are possible. You may want to think about Bankruptcy, it is a last resort but would stop the suits and attempts to collect the bad debt. But you have to do this before you pay them any money, because once you pay them the money you won't get it back if you later file Bankruptcy.