I know exactly what you are talking about Byz. Thank you for your input though as many think that just going to small claims insures you get your money back.....not the case. Will get the judgment. He has so much time to pay on that & then if he doesn't that is when I have to take it to the next step. It doesn't look like his business has been filed as an actual business like my LLC I established for my farm has been. I went to the government website for businesses & couldn't find it. The lady at the small claims desk said he hasn't been working.....or at least hasn't been finishing the jobs he started which is why there is another small claim going against him the same day as mine. If he ever starts to work for another company, we can garnish his wages, but as it stands, working for himself, & he's not working, there is no way to get the money. Possibly can attach his bank account, but then he can just close it.......so it's not really a good option either (at least it doesn't seem like one). Don't think that he has any assets that can be sold to get the money out of either.

Like you said, most of the time those judgments are nothing more than a piece of paper that the guy just walks away from........grrrrr. Not doing much for my anxiety level. I sort of just fell apart at the appointment with my psychologist today.......seems that there is just too much load that I am carrying at this point.....all real & all problems that I have to deal with.......anyone would be in overload let alone anyone dealing with anxiety & depression. I really thought I had shaken myself of the depression but seems like I may be continually haunted with it at this point.

I keep trying to see the light & enjoy the wonderful things I have in my life.....even though it's only 10% of the picture, I try not to let the other 90% get me down......but it is an endless fight especially when you try to fight for yourself & end up spinning your wheels & loosing anyway even when you win......they just walk away & there is no way of winning.

But I also know the other side of that too as my husband managed to miss manage finances when my depression first hit....he was in denial that it was as bad as it actually was back in 1994 & couldn't believe that I wouldn't be back working in my career even though my career had gone away with the aerospace contracts.....just couldn't find another company that wanted my old technology or even was willing to hire me for less than I was making (rather high salary at the time). It wouldn't have bothered me to earn less to get new technology training on the job, but no job was willing to do that......which dug my depression ony deeper......husband kept spending like we had my salary & so did I because I wasn't planning on being around to care.....so I helped dig the hole that we are living in, but most of the debt is medical from hospital bills & Dr bills that we couldn't pay over what medicare paid & husband refused to file for financial aid to wipe the amount out & I wasn't well enough to care.......much of our debt is sitting in collection, not being paid either.

I know this guy took my money for the materials saying he was going to purchase them while I was in California & get the fencing started......when he wanted the money to pay for his divorce lawyer. That is out right stealing in my book (not that the other isn't, but most of the debt for items had been paid except for a little...most was medical that should have been written off)