Not looking for legal advice, but a legal question

[KatyMan]

My wife was divorced in 1980 from her first husband. Her divorce decree said that her ex was responsible for the house they had. The host went into forecloser post-divorce. Now, 30 years later, over $50k was marked as a HOLD on our bank account (we have nowhere near that amount), which we've since found is the company that owns this debt. Isn't there a statute of limitations on this? And would a copy of the divorce decree make this go away?

This all happened and is happening in Texas. We plan on getting a copy of the decree and hiring an attorney, of course, but since we only found out about it on a Friday night, we can't do anything until Monday.

Thanks.

[Lithos]

1. My wife and I were in a similar situation

The law is ambiguous here due to issues between the various jurisdictions. Truthfully we only really got relief when it all fell off her, and thus our, credit rating. Your case sounds worse, and I am araid that if there are indeed issues remaining, your only recourse will indeed entail finding a lawyer who can and will file in the various jurisdictions and get the various judges to work on your behalf.

It will suck as the remedy will probably cost you a sizable percentage of the 50K which is in question.

L-

[KatyMan]

2. Thanks Lithos

Things might be looking a little better for us because my wife filed 2 Quit Claims in the early 80s on this house, so we're hoping that this will help our case.
We assume we'll still need an attorney, mainly because the statute of limitations in Tx for debts (from what we can tell) is 4 years, and this company filed litigation in 1992, and from 1994 until 2003, they did nothing, so I don't understand how they could suddenly start this up again. I'm gonna go ahead and blame the Republicans, tho. :)

Thanks again, and I hope things are better for you now.

[white cloud]

3. We can help you!!!

blame the Republicans:evilgrin:

Good luck

[KatyMan]

4. :) Thanks for the vibes! n/t

[WolverineDG]

5. sounds like a zombie debt collector

get an attorney who knows consumer law. also ask about suing for slander of credit. :evilgrin:

dg

[KatyMan]

6. what we find curious and somewhat scary is

how did they get our bank account information?