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Message: <blockquote data-quote="julesd1" data-source="post: 2690468" data-attributes="member: 906129">I'm being sued by a debt collector (they hired a lawyer to take me to court) and it looks like I have a court date next month. I'm debating whether it's worth fighting or not. Suppose I don't go, is that illegal? I've never had any kind of court dates and this is all new to me. Can you get arrested for not attending a civil lawsuit? Take in consideration the state I live in is Massachusetts. Also, suppose one can't pay for the judgement (if the plaintiff wins) at the present time, what can they garnish/do to enforce the judgement? At the present time I do not have a job and I don't have any open bank accounts.@ Jimbo, The amount is around the 1,000 mark. It couldn't hurt to show up, like you said. thanks for the advice!</blockquote>