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Originally Posted by look 171
What does the family have to do with it?
I have never had to do this, so where do I start?
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Family has nothing to do with, but I THINK my point was that you could use the family to influence her to pay and that being the right thing to do. I sure didn't make that point very well, sorry.
Anyway, the small claims court is at your local County Court House. You may even be able to get the needed procedures on the court house web site. Just Google it up and you can start there. It is a nominal filing fee, and in most county's you can pay a fee to have the local marshal serve the papers. The court should handle that for you, it is far easier than serving the papers on the person or the cost of the service. Remember, you cannot perform the service. After that, the process is very straight forward. The key to winning is to be prepared, have all of your records set up very clearly and make your arguments as clearly as you can in the shortest possible time. Also, you need to have copies not only for the judge but for the defendant.