[pnw_hazor]

People default all the time because they don't really appreciate what can happen if they ignore a court summons.

And, often people mistakenly rely on the advice of friends or family who suggest the debtor wasn't served properly, the debt is too old, they spelled your middle name wrong, or whatever.

There are tons of legal myths out there, such as, non-competes can't be enforced, it takes months to evict someone, I can pay my rent after the three-day pay or vacate date passes, or the like.

Also, in my experience people unfamiliar with law seem to be susceptible to spinning a story in their head that they think will exonerate them only to find out too late that their imagination doesn't carry much weight in court.

[mehrdadn]

> There are tons of legal myths out there, such as, non-competes can't be enforced

At the risk of going off-topic: would you happen to have more reading on this?

[pnw_hazor]

Non-compete law is dependant on the state (it various a lot). In many states non-competes are very enforceable.

Search for non-compete enforcement in the states you are interested in. You should find plenty of articles put out by law firms.

[mehrdadn]

Oh, that's all you meant. I thought it was always mentioned under the context of it being unenforceable in a particular state, so that's what I was confused. Didn't even realize there are people who thought they're unenforceable everywhere!

[pnw_hazor]

You would be surprised. I think people confuse rarely enforced with unenforceable.