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Settlement Agreement for Credit Card Debt:I received the final judgement to sign, but there are 2 paragraphs that are a concern."It is further ordered, adjudeged and decreed tha tall writs and process for the enforcement and collection of thi sjudgement may issue as necessary and that the Officer, including deputies, charged with obeying the command of any such writ or process may do so by any reasoncalbe means necessary to accomplish such task. ---PLEASE CLARIFY THE EXTENT OF LAST SENTENCE: 'ANY REASONABLE MEANS NECESSARY'.It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that palintiff CACH, LLC is entitled to post-jusdement interest on said judgement o be computed at the rate of 18% per annum on the damage portion of the aware, and at the rate of 5% per annum as to all other amounts awarded herein, said interest to compounded as aloowed by law from the date of this jusegment until this jusdgmen is satisfied." ---PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT IS MEANT BY THE 'DAMAGE PORTION'.
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So if I don't agree to these terms and won't sign the agreement, what steps should I take and what steps may they take?
If you don't agree and don't want to sign it, you just don't sign it. You can tell them that you would like to negotiate a more favorable settlement, but you don't have to do that. Their remedy is to can sue you on the total debt. If they can prove that you made the charges, they'll get a judgment against you - and that can seriously hurt your credit. If they win, they'll likely get interest on the judgment anyway, so that usually wouldn't be a deciding factor in rejecting a settlement. Also, I apologize - Texas law does not allow them to garnish your wages, unless you specifically sign something authorizing it. For some reason, the state didn't appear initially. They can take money out of your paycheck only if you agree to it. But they could take any money out of your bank accounts that isn't due to your current wages, not including retirement accounts. The things they can do to collect aren't any different if you have a settlement approved by the judge as opposed to a judgment that is entered after trial.
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