Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Minnesota

Levy on my checking account filed against my ex-girlfriend from 3 years ago

Five years ago, me and my ex-girlfriend (she left 3 years ago and moved to Nevada from Minnesota) opened a joint checking account. She has had no transactions in that account for the past 3 years. Every penny in that account is mine. Recently she accrued some debt and that account had a Levy judgement against it in her name. They took $1200 of my money. If I can prove that none of the money in that account is actually hers (deposits, transactions, reciepts, etc...), will I get my money back? Yes, I know it was dumb of me not to close the account and open a new one...


Asked on 6/01/07, 4:54 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
David Anderson Anderson Business Law LLC

Re: Levy on my checking account filed against my ex-girlfriend from 3 years ago

No-- you are SOL. You always run the risk of loss with a Joint Account that the co-depositor's creditors will seize the funds.

You should have shut down the account the minute her last cent was out of the account.

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Answered on 6/01/07, 5:42 pm
Sam Calvert Calvert Law Office

Re: Levy on my checking account filed against my ex-girlfriend from 3 years ago

Only hope I can think of is that you can prove that some of the funds are your exempt asset (e.g., 75% of wages). That is a pretty faint hope. I'll bet if you ask realy nice the ex-girlfriend will reimburse you, right?

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Answered on 6/01/07, 11:21 pm


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