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Dana P
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What is the name of your state? OH
Hi,
I recently filed a chapter 13 bankruptcy. My water was scheduled for disconnection 2 days before I filed, so I sent the water company a note that stated that I had retained an attorney to file bankruptcy and that all questions should be directed to my attorney in hopes that they would leave my water on. The day that the water company received the letter they disconnected me, which was a Friday. I filed an emergency petition on Saturday. My lawyer contacted the water company Monday morning and the water company told her that they were not going to turn my water back on because either my husband or I had tampered with the water meter and have been receiving free water for the last 2 months and that they would be pressing charges later that day. They said that they had turned my water off on 9-26-03 (which is the regular meter reading day) and that they couldn't figure out why we hadn't called them to have our water turned back on, so on 10-26 they did another meter reading which showed that there was water usage. They said that they did another reading on 11-11-03 and that there was usage for that month also., I was scheduled for disconnect on 11-12-13. My question is, I have all the bills and I have the november shut off notice, so how can they refuse to turn my water back on when they are lying about turning my water off in September? They are also lying about someone tampering with the meter since I have bills from them for the months that they say that we received free water. Is there anything I can do about this? Can I sue them for defamation of character, since they are accusing me and threatening to file charges on me for something that obviously never happened? Can they get in trouble from the bankruptcy court for not turning my water back on after the stay went into effect since I can show proof that they are lying? Any help woul be appreciated.
Thanks
Hi,
I recently filed a chapter 13 bankruptcy. My water was scheduled for disconnection 2 days before I filed, so I sent the water company a note that stated that I had retained an attorney to file bankruptcy and that all questions should be directed to my attorney in hopes that they would leave my water on. The day that the water company received the letter they disconnected me, which was a Friday. I filed an emergency petition on Saturday. My lawyer contacted the water company Monday morning and the water company told her that they were not going to turn my water back on because either my husband or I had tampered with the water meter and have been receiving free water for the last 2 months and that they would be pressing charges later that day. They said that they had turned my water off on 9-26-03 (which is the regular meter reading day) and that they couldn't figure out why we hadn't called them to have our water turned back on, so on 10-26 they did another meter reading which showed that there was water usage. They said that they did another reading on 11-11-03 and that there was usage for that month also., I was scheduled for disconnect on 11-12-13. My question is, I have all the bills and I have the november shut off notice, so how can they refuse to turn my water back on when they are lying about turning my water off in September? They are also lying about someone tampering with the meter since I have bills from them for the months that they say that we received free water. Is there anything I can do about this? Can I sue them for defamation of character, since they are accusing me and threatening to file charges on me for something that obviously never happened? Can they get in trouble from the bankruptcy court for not turning my water back on after the stay went into effect since I can show proof that they are lying? Any help woul be appreciated.
Thanks