Wage garnishments and collections
in Law ·
Hi everyone!
I know there are probably a million threads about this, but I couldn't find anything addressing my specific situation, so here goes nothing!
So, a few months back, I received a final notice from a law firm regarding an outstanding debt to AT&T for $791. Honestly, I completely lost track of it—I don't even remember ever having an overdue balance with them. My mistake was just tossing the notice in a drawer and totally forgetting it existed.
Fast forward to about ten days ago: a process server shows up at my door with a court order for a public auction scheduled at my house for next month. The attached list includes household appliances (which means someone actually came by to inventory everything). The problem is, this list dates all the way back to 2005—I was only 18 then, and the house belongs to my parents, obviously.
Naturally, none of those appliances are even in the house anymore. To make matters worse, the court order doesn't even state the total amount they're trying to collect from me.
My question is: is there any way to appeal a judgment that has already been handed down?
And what happens if someone actually shows up to the auction looking for items that haven't existed for years?
Thanks so much!
I know there are probably a million threads about this, but I couldn't find anything addressing my specific situation, so here goes nothing!
So, a few months back, I received a final notice from a law firm regarding an outstanding debt to AT&T for $791. Honestly, I completely lost track of it—I don't even remember ever having an overdue balance with them. My mistake was just tossing the notice in a drawer and totally forgetting it existed.
Fast forward to about ten days ago: a process server shows up at my door with a court order for a public auction scheduled at my house for next month. The attached list includes household appliances (which means someone actually came by to inventory everything). The problem is, this list dates all the way back to 2005—I was only 18 then, and the house belongs to my parents, obviously.
Naturally, none of those appliances are even in the house anymore. To make matters worse, the court order doesn't even state the total amount they're trying to collect from me.
My question is: is there any way to appeal a judgment that has already been handed down?
And what happens if someone actually shows up to the auction looking for items that haven't existed for years?
Thanks so much!