my 81 year old mother is receiving threatening letters from a credit card company that says they will bring her to court if she doesn't bring her credit card up to date. what started as a $6,000 bill years ago has grown over time to over $10,000 despite making attempts at paying this, sometimes not in full but at least trying. we have tried to ask for lower payments, which they would do for one month, but the next month would ask for that plus the difference. My mother lives soley on social security and does not own anything except her furniture; no car, no house, nothing.