Glasser and Glasser

[lady alone]

What is the name of your state? Virginia

My spouse died with an outstanding garnishment to Glasser and Glasser of Norfolk VA. He had never been served notice of garnishment through two proceedings, which also were scheduled more than 80 miles from our locale.
He had a court date scheduled for 10/15, which I found out prior to his death using VA's automated court information system. His final wages were garnished.
I was going to file a Motion to Dismiss, but I don't want to get hooked up with this bogus law firm either.

Any ideas on how to proceed?

 

[rmet4nzkx]

What did you do before and on 10-15?
Was there any response filed?
When was the garnishment?

 

[lady alone]

I didn't know what to do, except notify the creditor and the clerk of the court that he had died. He was never served papers and when I researched the "service" section, nothing was filled in, either to his employer or to him. A process server was responsible for service. The law firm and the process server are in Norfolk VA. We live in one location and the proceedings were scheduled very far from us, although we have GDC in our locale. Following the court date reads, the disposition reads "other." I believe under VA law I have 30 days to petition a decision. I just don't know whether I should or just let the whole thing go or whether I have any legal standing to protest.

I never realized that the court system on the web were "open" records-- I kept thinking it was a paid site, and then someone told me I could look anything up. That is how I found about the other dates and the current garnishment.

Yes, I should have known better, but I didn't. And I feel guilty, because the stress of this debt and this agency certainly contributed to his early death.

 

[olgethorpe]

Talk with a lawyer...

You probably want to discuss all this with a lawyer. Most will give you a free consultation...depending on what the debt was for, and how they went about trying to collect it, you might indeed have ground for a sizable lawsuit against someone.

Remember, whether or not he owed the debt is not the question...the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is intended to make collection agencies / collection lawyers play by the rules. If they violated any of them, then they should be brought to task.