{"id":24371,"date":"2016-08-30T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-can-i-protect-my-elderly-aunt-from-the-bailiffs\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T06:25:10","slug":"how-can-i-protect-my-elderly-aunt-from-the-bailiffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-can-i-protect-my-elderly-aunt-from-the-bailiffs\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I protect my elderly aunt from the bailiffs?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHer son emigrated after running up debts and she is feeling intimidated by all the bailiffs\u2019 visitsI am contacting you on behalf of my elderly aunt, whose son ran up debts through various companies then emigrated. As he had no official address at the time, he used her address. We have returned all correspondence sent to him as \u201cnot at this address\u201d, but the bailiffs keep showing up. She does not want to give them her son\u2019s address, but is finding the situation really intimidating and upsetting. Is there anything to be done to stop these visits? AS Wetherby, West YorkshireFirst, her own credit standing is not at risk. According to Experian, even if her son had been made bankrupt at her address it would not show up on her credit report unless there had been a joint credit activity between them that created a link, which is probably unlikely. Getting a copy of her credit report will reveal that, it says. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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