Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Florida
freeze bank account
can a lawyer put a freeze on all funds in a bank account that belongs to two different people that are not married?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: freeze bank account
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No, a lawyer cannot freeze any accounts. A judge can thought with a court order. This seems to be a similar question to one which you probably asked last week. If a person could protect their monies by simply adding another person's name to their account, nobody could ever collect on judgments.
Scott R. Jay, Esq.