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Old 07-18-2012, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Softball27 View Post
My daughter received notice for warrants for her arrest in the mail yesterday because of about four tickets she has not paid. I wonder if I should try to contact her to tell her or just wait and see what happens?
I assume you gave her her mail when she dropped by. Don't even consider paying them for her--or anything else that may come to you.

My son has a heap of debt and people calling. I don't entertain the calls--don't listen to what they have to say. I don't pass along any info to the callers. Debt collectors and addiction go together. Someday he'll have to face the calls and start paying them off, but that's his problem, not mine. The debt collectors will try to place the responsibility on our shoulders if we let them.

Remember, you didn't cause the mess your daughter is in so don't take the responsibility of fixing the messes, either. As an addict she's not going to be in the place of mind to fix her messes, but some day she may be.
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