Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Illinois

Debt and Credit

My girlfriend moved out of her home with her father and step-mother about 1 year ago. Her father and step-mother received mail for her but failed to contact her and tell her she has mail. She asked numerous times if she had mail and they replied in e-mails that No, there has been no mail for her. Well, now her sister went over there and found out that actually yes.. there has been mail. Bills from doctors, dentists, etc. She is in college and cannot afford to pay a large sum of money in a short time and if the bills would have been properly forwarded to her by her father then she could have taken care of everything and there would be no problems. But because it has been so long and the bills have been sitting there unanswered... she all of a sudden has bad credit for 7 years and is in debt because of her father's lazyness to forward her the bills. Doesn't sound fair to me that she has to suffer all of this because he was too lazy to send some mail... Could you please let me know if there is anything she can or should do?


Asked on 4/02/07, 11:39 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Thomas Moens Moens Law Offices, Chartered

Re: Debt and Credit

She should, of course, have her mail properly forwarded to her new address. She might try contacting the creditors and let them know what has happened and attempt to make arrangements for payment.

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Answered on 4/16/07, 11:37 am


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