If a person has a bank account with another person and they have a judgment on them, lets say for support arrears or repossession can those judgements legally seize those accounts when they dont know whose money actually goes into the account? I know with support arears if a husband a wife file jointly on their income taxes the government cannot take all the taxes they actually have to figure out the wifes contribution and the husbands and take from whatever contribution was from the one who has the arears
2007-08-25 02:44:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
In most western countries, yes, they can.
2007-08-25 02:53:10 · answer #1 · answered by SimonJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can. The government can also take all of the taxes, they don't figure out what portion belongs to the wife and husband, since it's a joint return, so is the money.
2007-08-25 09:49:47 · answer #2 · answered by magnolia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They can sieze the whole account so long as the name of the person with the judgement is on the account. It sucks, but hey it's the government, they can do whatever they want or so it seems! The Lord giveth, the Government taketh away.....
2007-08-25 09:54:37 · answer #3 · answered by Kishauna_P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, a judgment against either can cause a joint account to be seized
2007-08-25 09:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by Jan Luv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋