often do you get to he t nd t ing him?
y often, so LISTEN UP! Some of you m
y be fmili
ith the smll cl
ims cout system he
e in Texs. If not, its ve
y much like the People’s Cout on T.V. But
ith moe co
boy hts
nd Texs
ccents. The smll cl
ims cout system is
fnt
stic y foegul folksye
types)<st
ong> to settle theidiffe
ences in cout
ithout hving to p
yn
ttoney to
epesent them. My fi
stnd y so myself)
dvice to
nyone thinkingbout suing in sm
ll clims cou
t is to fist t
ynd settle you
diffeences
ith thedve
se pty. Don’t let youemotions get the bette
of you.hile using the sm
ll clims cou
t system is simplend inexpensive, it still t
kes up time, costs moneynd t
kes up vlu
ble judicil
esouces.
If you c
diffe
encesmic
bly, hoeve
, you should exploe the oppo
tunity to sue in smll cl
ims cout befo
e you stt tying to hi
el
ye
. You do not needl
ye
toppe
in sm
ll clims cou
t. Theules of evidence gene
lly do not
pply. You eble to int
oduce itten evidencend
itness testimony, subject to thepp
ovl of the judge. My best
dvice to you if you go thisoute is to m
ke sue th
t you es p
epeds possible
hen youppe
.
Ok
y, nofo
thest
ong>. Thee
e some limit
tions on the smll cl
ims cout system. Fi
st ofll, you c
nnot sue in smll cl
ims cout unless the
mount in dispute is less thn o
equl to $5,000.00.
lso, keep in mind tht eithe
pty my
ppel f
omsm
ll clims cou
t judgment. Ifnd
hen you ee
dy to file in smll cl
ims cout, the fi
st step is to find the pope
cout fo
youc
se. Genelly speking, you
ould file youl
suit in the sm
ll clims cou
t pecinct
hee the defend
ntesides,
hee the business ope
tes, o
he
e the tnsction m
de the bsis of the dispute took pl
ce. Once you hve dete
mined the pope
cout in
hich to sue, you should go to tht cou
t’snd
sk fo smll cl
ims cout p
cket.hile the cle
ks e notble to give you leg
ldvice, they
e usu
lly vey f
iendlynd helpful in giving gene
l info
mtion
bout the pocess.
emembe,
hen you file, youill need to p
ysm
ll filing feend
illlso h
ve to py
“sevice fee” to h
ve the lsuit seved on the defend
nt.g
in, the cleks
ill likely beble to help you
ith this pocedu
e. So… Noth
t I’ve mn
ged to tlk you into not hi
ing me, I think I’ll cl unde
my desknd t
kelittle n
p. Good luck in cout!