Quick Answer: Credit card debt arrests are extremely rare and require a complex chain of legal events to occur legitimately. In this case, the wife was falsely arrested despite being current on payments, indicating the arrest was improper and likely grounds for legal action.
Question:
Dear Steve,
My wife was recently arrested at my home for a credit card debt.. had to bail herself out and appear in court the following week.. well when we showed up at court the gentleman representing the company informed my wife she was falsely arrested and was current on her payments.
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Answer:
Dear Billy,
Well that really sucked.
Sure sounds like you should talk to a lawyer who is licensed in your state about the situation because it would take a long chain of events before someone was ever arrested over credit card debt.
What was the reason they made for the arrest?
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