Debts and Credit Legal Questions and Answers
If you have a check that was given to you for payment, and you are disputing the amount, (it is not for the full amount that ...
If you have a check that was given to you for payment, and you are disputing the amount, (it is not for the full amount that is owed), but want to cash this check in the meantime, what can you write on the check that shows you are accepting it for the moment but you do not want to show that you are accepting it as payment in full.
08/20/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: New York | #8070My husband is 64, retired and an alcoholic. I would like to know if my home is deeded over to me alone will it be protected ...
My husband is 64, retired and an alcoholic. I would like to know if my home is deeded over to me alone will it be protected from any lawsuits that may be brought against him? He continues to drive while under the influence and I am greatly concerned about losing everything due to his actions.
08/10/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: New Jersey | #7840I was a subcontractor with a company that had a government contract at MacDill AFB. The contractor owes me money regarding th...
I was a subcontractor with a company that had a government contract at MacDill AFB. The contractor owes me money regarding this subcontract. How can I collect? Can I place a lien on their contracts?
08/08/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: Florida | #7784Do I have to pay my deceased mother's credit card bills?
My mom passed away in December and named me executor of her will and estate. She equally split her assets between my three brothers and me 25% each. She had little in money or assets and a few credit card bills . I contacted them and provided copies of the death certificate at their request. Both said her account would be closed and that would be it. After four months nobody co...
07/27/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: North Carolina | #7542Why does my sister have to claim my parents income when applying for financial aid at college?
My sister is 21 years old, lives on her own, has a job, and pays all of her own bills. She still has to claim our parents income when she applies for Federal Aid for college, when they do not contribute. I was wondering how it would go for her to emanicpate herself from our parents since she is not a minor.
06/08/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: Louisiana | #6269Am I legally responsible to pay the debt even though I was under age?
When I was 17 I was shopping in a department store when a sales associate asked if I would like to sign up for their credit card. I said I wish and that I'm only seventeen so I can't. She told me we could try anyway. She entered my information and I was declined. The sales associate then decided to change my birth year by one year so I would be 18. Two months after I recei...
06/06/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: New Jersey | #6214Are the children of a father that died resonsible for his debts?
Are the children of a father that died resonsible for his debts?
05/31/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: Missouri | #6067I signed up with Colonial Debt Relief for $1200 to reduce my Capital One credit card bill from $8000 to $3200. They sat on m...
I signed up with Colonial Debt Relief for $1200 to reduce my Capital One credit card bill from $8000 to $3200. They sat on my case for months, so my account went to Capital One attorney, which they said they were going to garnish my pay to get the money. Col. Debt Relief gave Capital One attorney my checking account number, and they withdrew $1005 from my account without my p...
05/29/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: Georgia | #6023Can the bank take money from my account to cover my son's overdrawn account?
about 3 or 4 years ago my son had a checking account at southtrust bank now wachovia, well the account was closed due to being overdrawn. my name was on the account. I never wrote any checks or used his checkcard. the only thing I ever did was deposit money into it for him. The only reason my name was on the account was in case something happened to him. Well about two or th...
05/25/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: Alabama | #5949Can they put a lein on a joint checking and savings account for credit card debt
I owe credit card debits from Bank of America. Can they put a lein on a joint checking and savings account? The debit is my own but my wife social security check goes into our savings account and my social security check goes into our checking account.
05/24/2007 | Category: Debts and Credit | State: Georgia | #5883