“RE: Letter received on January 5, 2012 alleging that I have a debt with the Vance Family Living Trust”
“I believe that before I can adequately respond to the above mentioned letter that certain questions I have need to be answered.
I was a trustee for a client of mine when I lived in Tucson, Arizona. As that trustee, I was involved in a debt dispute with a Bank of America branch bank in Tucson, Arizona. In the process of settling that alleged debt, we received several debt collection letters. Each one of them specifically made reference to the amount of the debt owed. I must confess that I have read and reread the letter received and can not find any mention of the amount of alleged debt that I owe. Therefore my questions, at this time, are:
1) How much is my alleged debt tot the Vance Family Living Trust?
2) How was that amount of alleged debt calculated?
3) At what point of time did the alleged debt begin?
4) What written document(s) and/or verbal agreement(s) established that I took on the alleged debt?
I must confess that I do not know the answers to the above questions. Please enlighten me. And please do so in an expedient manner so that I may make an adequate response to the debt notice within the thirty day time frame presented. Thank you for your assistance.”
E-mail on January 25, 2012
“RE: Letter received on January 5, 2012 alleging that I have a debt with the Vance Family Living Trust”
“I readily admit that I am not an attorney. I readily admit that I do not know the way of lawyers. I must admit that I am at a loss. I asked four specific questions in my letter of January 9, 2012 in response to your letter of my alleged debt and none of your responses, as far as I could tell, specifically answered any of the four questions asked.
I will attempt to clarify if I have this alleged debt by approaching from a different angle and asking another set of questions which hopefully you will be able to give specific answers to in order to help me understand the alleged debt.
Your letter stated that I was ‘allowed to occupy the property by [individual identified] ... for purposes of providing personal assistance to [individual identified].’
1) When did this alleged arrangement first begin—day, month, and year?
2) Was there a written document or a verbal agreement between [individual identified] and me establishing such an alleged arrangement? And if so, when—day, month, and year?
3) Did [individual identified] and/or the former trustees confirm that this was the alleged arrangement at anytime to me or to any other person? And if so, when—day, month, and year?
4) Was this alleged arrangement considered compensation for services rendered? And if so, when did the compensation begin—day, month, and year?
5) Can you just make up things to suit the circumstances you want accomplished?
Thank you for your quick response to this inquiry.”
“I readily admit that I am not an attorney. I readily admit that I do not know the way of lawyers. I must admit that I am at a loss. I asked four specific questions in my letter of January 9, 2012 in response to your letter of my alleged debt and none of your responses, as far as I could tell, specifically answered any of the four questions asked.
I will attempt to clarify if I have this alleged debt by approaching from a different angle and asking another set of questions which hopefully you will be able to give specific answers to in order to help me understand the alleged debt.
Your letter stated that I was ‘allowed to occupy the property by [individual identified] ... for purposes of providing personal assistance to [individual identified].’
1) When did this alleged arrangement first begin—day, month, and year?
2) Was there a written document or a verbal agreement between [individual identified] and me establishing such an alleged arrangement? And if so, when—day, month, and year?
3) Did [individual identified] and/or the former trustees confirm that this was the alleged arrangement at anytime to me or to any other person? And if so, when—day, month, and year?
4) Was this alleged arrangement considered compensation for services rendered? And if so, when did the compensation begin—day, month, and year?
5) Can you just make up things to suit the circumstances you want accomplished?
Thank you for your quick response to this inquiry.”
These questions too were not specifically answered!
