law suit over unpaid rent

sharay - welcome! :-)

I'm not an expert on these matters, but here's my take on it:

The management company that sent you the summons took over the management of the apartment complex you lived in - so therefore, they also took over the bookkeeping duties, including collection of any past due rents.

I have a feeling you may be required to pay the 2 months rent if you broke the lease. If you still have a copy of the lease, you need to pull it out and read it - pay special attention to the part about breaking the lease and what consequences there are for doing so.

As far as not being served properly - not all court documents have to be handed to you in person - some can be taped to the door of your residence.

I would try to work out a payment arrangment, and avoid a judgment.

the management company i signed the lease with emailed me and said they stopped managing the property in march 2005 and have no idea who took over!
now i signed the lease march 31st 2005 so if they stopped managing the property how can they sue me the email has the persons name and corprate email address with this message the new company who every they where are not suing me.for the febuary2006 and march 2006 rent.

sharay - as mentioned above, you're going to have to try and make some sort of payment arrangement - unpaid rent is nothing to mess around with. If it's the original management company taking you to court, then they obviously retained control of their portion of the bookeeping, and are now seeking any unpaid rents. If you don't work out a payment arrangement, and don't show up for the court date, they will be given a default judgement, which will stay on your credit for a very long time. Judgements are almost as bad as a bankruptcy on your credit report.

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