Long haul, but the end is in sight!

I'm glad for you, really. But, if he has a W2 and there is a tax return to do, why isn't at least part of the hospital bill being paid out of that money? People not paying their (or their loved one's) bills hikes up rates for those that do.

Fingers crossed for you. Hopefully the pause in billing is not due to its being turned over to a collection agency.

I'm happy to read this seems to be working out. How great it will be for you to not have this hanging over you any longer! No more mail from them would seem to be a good sign. (((hugs)))

Suzieque, filing a tax return does not automatically mean there will be a refund forthcoming. I file every year and haven't had a refund in years - will typically owe a little. I'm capable of creating my own savings with interest and don't need the government to hold that money for me interest free each year where they must return an overpayment. I don't over pay them in advance.

His W2 is only for the 2 months he worked so it won't be much.

One hospital and one doctor did send it to collections but lawyer contacted them as well.

Just want to move on

You say that the PO forwarded the mail, and I assume since you’re happy about not having received more bills that mail is still set to forward. I would end that. This way anything they send you will be returned, it’ll be up to them to find you if they wish. Can’t imagine you’re getting any mail you need forwarded at this point. Lawyer says you don’t owe money. If he’s any good then he’s right. Don’t welcome stress.

A standard USPS forwarding order ends after 12 months. There's a charge to extend it for for 6, 12, or 18 more months, either immediately when the order is initiated or at a later date.

That's true about the year forwarding.

The hospital was sending mail to the house (which I sold) and Dr Sent bills to his PO box (which I closed). PO was sending everything to me. It is such a crazy situation. But as said after a year it'll be sent back to them.

You can cancel it.

He had a house? Were there proceeds from the house sale? I guess your attorney has determined that those proceeds (if any) cannot be claimed by his creditors (doctor, hospital, etc)?

If it's any comfort, we are all following this with you and hoping to see THE END of it!

Thanks. With one year anniversary coming up I guess I just needed to talk. I renewed my lease on apartment the other day. With everything that happened in the past year I just wasn't mentally ready to go looking for a condo. Some days are harder than others but I'm doing okay.