Lawyers Garnished Bank Account
Date: Fri, 08/24/2012 - 20:44
Since you were never served or received any papers, you can file
Since you were never served or received any papers, you can file a motion to vacate the judgment with the court. This is not really a solution since the collector can turn around and sue you again.
Were you a co-signer or jointly hold the credit account with your wife?
Go to your court house
Some where your wife was served. It may have been an old address or a neighbor or relative the papers were handed to. Go to your court house, talk to the clerk and see if she can pull up your files.
See when your wife was summoned. (Time, date, place of address). Who signed the summons?
Your check cannot be garnished unless they have a court order. It sounds like your wife lost by default. :rolleyes:
Quote:Today i found out that my wifes bank account was garnished
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Today i found out that my wifes bank account was garnished. It was done by the law firm representing a bank that she owed $ too (they are acting as the debt collector). Due to me being laid off my job recently she was unable to keep up with the prearranged payments.She was never served with any garnishment or court summons papers. |
OK...how did she come to make these payment arrangements?? Obviously somewhere along the line she was sued. Did she received summons for the judgement? (Not the garnishment) Show up in court?? Was the payment plan set up due to the judgement?? If the payment arrangement was set up at the court hearing or a condition of the judgment, you may be out of luck. FYI....you do not get served garnishment orders...garnishment is a remedy of the judgment. You may be able to petition the court on the basis of hardship.
