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Not American, but can't you be jailed for contempt of court? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jailed-for--280--the-return-of-debtors--prisons.html http://finance.
by bragh 14y ago
Not American, but can't you be jailed for contempt of court?
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jailed-for--280--the-return-of-debtors--prisons.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jailed-for--280--the-return-of...
http://farquharlaw.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/debtors-prison-end-run-in-california-and-elsewhere-beware-contempt-of-court-and-the-debtors-exam/ http://farquharlaw.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/debtors-prison-e...
- rprasad 14y agoNot paying a judgement against you is not contempt of court. In the Yahoo Article, the woman arrested failed to show up to multiple court hearings, despite receive notice at the proper address. The fact that the court hearings related to a debt was incidental. Blame shoddy journalism. The second one, is a blog post, which actually talks about something entirely different from a debtor's prison. It refers to a "debtor's exam", which is a fancy way of saying that your finances are examined to see if you can afford to pay the debt. No prison time involved. Intrusive maybe, but warranted if you haven't paid the debt at issue.
- gsb 14y agoPlenty of Judges treat not paying a judgement against you as contempt of court. Even though it is not supposed to happen, it often does. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/opinion/06mon4.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/opinion/06mon4.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/opinion/return-of-debtors-prisons.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/opinion/return-of-debtors-... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704396504576204553811636610.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870439650457620... Debtor's prison is alive and well in America.