Enjoy the holidays T.J... Just ensure to reserve enough time-out to build an attack plan for how yourself and out 'courtroom challenged' 'friend' will take on the Grandiose 407 money-guzzling thieves in the New Year. .... God knows, we all need a new story on this front.

Cheers.

That's alright, Monty and Steve will take over your duties.

I'm off for the holidays.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL!!!!!!!!!

CIAO

More like Chez Honest Ape's...

You mean Chez Steve's, don't you?

Your welcome...good luck.

Abe, T.J., I just tuned in to this thread and noticed that Tony posted a sign of respect and gratitude. WOW!! Good job guys. It looks like the 'World is Turning' - for the better of course - on Channel Chez Monty.

Thank you so much, HonestAbe and TJ.brooks, for providing me insightful advices. I will try to contact my brother. God bless you all!

You need to contact your brother and get whatever paper work and account details he has besides, of course, a signed letter of authorization to act as his representative.

It's also strongly advisable for your brother to keep account documentation/statements as well as all previous collection correspondence because they might be required to dispute dates and amounts in court, particularly if issues about the limitation period arise.

The trouble is that once you are on record as his representative, it's you they will be hounding. Moreover, don't provide any written correspondence to the collection agency until you are sure that at least 2 years have passed since the last payment was made.

What country is your brother living in? If it's in the US, what state?

You'd better check with a bankruptcy trustee as to the rules concerning foreign residents.

First off you would need more exact dates as to when he last made a payment and also you would need authorization from him to act as agent for him in any dealings with collection agency. By law they can not discuss this with you without his consent.