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Well she is sueing me and taking me to court for 4500 bucks, She got loans and used credit cards for 3000, but the rest was using cash, and she said I didnt have to pay her back blah blah blah. Then when we were together she would always tell me that I didn't have to pay the bills, that she would pay for it and I didn't have to worry about it. Well we broke up and the next thing I know is that a sherrif comes to my house and hands me a court order for 4500. She puts on the claim that I refused to pay but yet I gave her some money, so thats a false statement to begin with. She said that she has all the paperwork and receipts of what I owe her and what she bought for me. To make a long story short I didn't sign anything, I said I was going to help her but now that we are broken up she is sueing me. But the weird part is we broke up when this was happeneing she knew that I wasn't paying her back, but we still got back with eachother and tried to make things work out and they didn't. One more thing, is that she still bought me stuff later on even though I wasn't paying her back, I was hardly even working. Sorry for freakin telling my life story but I needed to vent and I am pissed off.

Thanks for your help.

 
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time for judge judy

 
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man that sux!!!!

 
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Is everything under her name?

 
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if you didnt sign anything saying you would help her pay it back, then it is BS, and she wont be able to get a penny out of you, 'specially since you weren't married or anything

 
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i believe items such as gifts/presents you can't claim.....so money she gave you, is yours....
and yea, if you didn't sign anything saying you would pay her back, then she has nothing

 
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I dont feel like im obligated to pay her back even though that I said I would help her out, only cuz I felt sorry, she even told me that I dont have to about it because she just wanted me to be happy, and now that we are broken up she relized what she has done and wants it all back, including the cash that she gave me, but everything is under her name though.

 
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Well, do you have any proof that you've given her any kind of money, other than verbal? Do you have copies or carbons of checks that you may have written to her with dollar amounts? Did she give you a receipt for payment to her? If not, you're probably going to be screwed there too.

 
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I've given her money, it was cash. So if she lies then I lie.

 
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Doesn't matter. Go ahead and lie under oath. You'll get held in contempt of court.

Proving your case isn't going to be about verbal agreements. You can't prove that gave her any money without some kind of written documentation.

Good luck.

 
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she wont get anything unless she has proof that she gave you any money. checks, money order, etc... Counter sue her if she losses because of the money you might have to pay to go to court.

 
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I assume you recieved a little pink peice of paper. Small Claims? If it is small claims court then you are kinda in a bind. Number 1, you cannot have a layer represent you. Number 2, The maximum amout of liability she can claim is $5000(last time I checked).

Since she brought the lawsuit on you, she has to prove by perponderence of the evidence that you owe her money. The burden of proof in small civil court is that she has to prove that the money she "GAVE" you is not a gift and you two had a contract of repayment. Funny thing, she has to prove that there was a verbal contract of repayment. If no such contract exists then you must prove that.

So my advise, make a strong argument that the money she GAVE you was a "GIFT." You have to prove by the majority of the evidence that the money was a GIFT.

Have fun and happy hunting.

 
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what about saying that I would help her pay it back because I felt sorry but then, she doesn't even know how much I paid her back. I paid her in cash and that was a mistake.

 
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oh yeah another thing is she still gave me stuff she had in her house that was part of the loan that she bought me, I needed and i was still not paying for it, she just gave me everything, even knowing that I wasn't paying her back and she was fine with it. This was like 6-10 months after the fact that I wasn't paying her back.

 
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dont tell her you felt sorry and would help her pay it back...thats just stupidity.....deny everything....tell the judge "she was giving me this money b/c she wanted to make me happy, and there was no agreement of payback...in any sort or way if i had to repay her i would of never accepted the gifts in the first place"

 
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she will have to show some type of proof to show that you give her money... as far as items she has given you well they are considered a gift and non refunable therefore its YOURS NOT HERS to keep

Injen