Joint and Several Liability for Unpaid Bills

[Zigner]

Well what happened was my uncle was on some discount program because he's a senior and has medical issues, etc and SCE claims they sent my uncle a notice to renew the program but my uncle said he never recieved it. So they sent the form again and apparently he put on there that I was living there. Also, when I became his Power Of Attorney he put me on his account so I could access his account and they could release information to me, etc. So I'm assuming they just put 2 and 2 together. I mean, its no secret or anything; its not like I'm trying to hid it. Even if they were just going on assumptions they asked me if I was living there when I inquired about the transfer of his bill and I said I was.

So you were also ON the account. Sheesh - what a waste of time.

 

[justalayman]

and just tossing this out there:

does uncle receive any federal or state aid? If he does of any type that requires spend down of assets or the would have a right to place a lien on the house, the transfer may be viewed as a fraudulent transfer and the creditor may seek rescission of the transfer and liquidation of the asset to pay their lien.