What is the name of your state? Indiana.
Not sure if this is the best forum for this, but didn't really see any others that fit.
My wife and I recently married, and as she was an Illinois resident before the marriage and now lives in Indiana, she went to the BMV to change her drivers' license. In the process of doing so, she found out (much to her surprise) that her license in Pennsylvania, which she had received in 1982 but which she surrendered to West Virginia upon moving there in 1983 had been suspended; thus, Indiana would not grant her a license. Upon contacting the DOT in Pennsylvania, we found out that her license had been suspended for a failure to appear in court in 1990 due to an accident in Philadelphia in 1987. Problem is, she was never in Philadelphia in 1987. Turns out that someone with the same name as her was, and from reading the civil docket from the case, it appears that they were unable to find the other person, so attached everything to her name. We are being informed now that the only way to clear this up is to get a lawyer in Philadelphia to get her name cleared, which looks to cost a minimum of $1500.
Is there an easier (and hopefully much less expensive) way to do this? Needless to say, we are steaming over the fact that a clerical error or whatever such as this was made, and we are now going to have to go through Hell to get this cleared up. Any advice would be appreciated.
Not sure if this is the best forum for this, but didn't really see any others that fit.
My wife and I recently married, and as she was an Illinois resident before the marriage and now lives in Indiana, she went to the BMV to change her drivers' license. In the process of doing so, she found out (much to her surprise) that her license in Pennsylvania, which she had received in 1982 but which she surrendered to West Virginia upon moving there in 1983 had been suspended; thus, Indiana would not grant her a license. Upon contacting the DOT in Pennsylvania, we found out that her license had been suspended for a failure to appear in court in 1990 due to an accident in Philadelphia in 1987. Problem is, she was never in Philadelphia in 1987. Turns out that someone with the same name as her was, and from reading the civil docket from the case, it appears that they were unable to find the other person, so attached everything to her name. We are being informed now that the only way to clear this up is to get a lawyer in Philadelphia to get her name cleared, which looks to cost a minimum of $1500.
Is there an easier (and hopefully much less expensive) way to do this? Needless to say, we are steaming over the fact that a clerical error or whatever such as this was made, and we are now going to have to go through Hell to get this cleared up. Any advice would be appreciated.