Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Florida
my wife just recently received a notice from a lawyer saying she was subpoenaed for a court date regarding a medical bill and failed to show so now is being subpoenaed again to come to a court date to by tried for contempt of court and is the asking for the fees incurred to the lawyers for missing the court date and want to have her serve jail time over this.The problem is none of the so called subpoenas have ever been delivered to her personally - she was not aware of the first one as the first was was apparently given to our 18 year son who failed to notify her of it as we were out of town and now this one was mailed. don't subpeonea have to be hand delivered and signed for by the person who is supposed to get them and can we fight this?
2 Answers from Attorneys
The subpoenas may have been properly served via "Substituted Service".
Call or email for help. A call to the attorney from another atty may defuse the situation and get settlement talks underway.
She better show up and explain what happened, even have her son there. Want to know the law without going to law school? Protect yourself against ripoffs? Sign up for a free legal newsletter on various areas of consumer law by going to www.ConsumerLawyerHelp.com.
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