Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Pennsylvania

bank account

Can a credit card company or collection agency garnish money from a joint (husband and wife) bank account if the debt is only in the husbands name?


Asked on 5/04/07, 7:32 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

Re: bank account

No, so long as the account is held as entireties property it is exempt from attachment. A good case for citation is at Constitution Bank v. Olson, et al., 620 A.2d 1146 (Pa. Super. 1993).

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Answered on 5/04/07, 9:50 am


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