Legal Question in Consumer Law in Georgia

Judgement

On Thursday my husband's bank account was frozen. The bank had received a court order to freeze our money. This judgement was from 1998 in Buffelo, NY. My husband and his friends moved out of a rental house without paying rent. So he is being sued from 1998, but this law office bought this lawsuit in 2004. Can they legally do this? We were never notified and this was never on our credit report as of July 2008. We live in Atlanta, Georgia now. We live paycheck to paycheck. We are not disputing he owes this money, we just don't know how they can legally take all our money without any kind of notice. Can they do this? Do we have any kind of recourse?


Asked on 9/21/08, 8:03 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

Re: Judgement

Everything sounds fine and legal to me, and if you moved from NY you likely were served by publication. A lawyer would have to see all the paperwork to be sure, but likely your two options to release the account are bankruptcy or paying the debt in full. See a lawyer immediately as deadlines will be very short (this means forget work Monday and go see a lawyer).

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Answered on 9/21/08, 9:47 pm


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