Soldier123 Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Help!!!! I was deployed with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard to Iraq for a year. I had recieved initial notification from a CA and obviously could not respond within the required 30 days. My wife did have a power of attorney, however would not have known what to request and to be honest had other things on her mind at the time.Do I have any legal "slack" for requesting DV outside of the 30 days from initial contact?I also recieved an initial notification from a CA after I had returned, but did not respond within the 30 days (responded with DV 37 days after date on letter).any help is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame26 Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 I'm pretty sure there is some law/provision that protects military personal in cirumstances like you desribed. the exact statue escapes however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucksnee Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Check out this site, http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/sscra/a/sscra.htmalso google for Soliders and Sailors act.There are many benefits for us in the Military. While here in Korea I have all my CC's at 6% interest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof5 Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 You can DV *anytime*. The only thing about the first 30 days is that during that INITIAL window, the CA must stop all collection activities. That is it!DV them and go from there.......BTW, Welcome home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms6073 Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Soliders and Sailors act should help in this instance but you also have to be aware that a savy CA or JDB can leverage your military service to their advantage. Now my knowledge is dated having left the service in 96 but back in the day, when some of the troops got into financial difficulties and the creditor or CA found out they were dealing with military personnel, they simply filed suit to get a default judgement which was then forwarded to the chain of command. Typically the first time a soldier found out about the sitation was when the next LES came back with a 'No pay due' or involuntary alotment to cover the default judgement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHateCAs Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 The 30 day window starts upon RECEIPT of the validation notice. If you were deployed in Iraq at the time, you did not receive their notice. Got it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucksnee Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Soliders and Sailors act should help in this instance but you also have to be aware that a savy CA or JDB can leverage your military service to their advantage.If you envoke the Soilders and Sailors act, they cannot do that until you are not deployed. That is why it is the Soliders and Sailors act.If you envoke this act and they still "leverage" your military account they are in violiation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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