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Levy Holds On Joint Bank Accounts With My Mother

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Location: New York/New Jersey

My mom is broke and in a lot of debt and the checking and saving accounts that I opened with my mom when I was a minor had court ordered levy holds placed on them on account of a credit card company. To be clear I am the only one that has ever used these accounts. My mother is the debtor and lives in New Jersey so the case is filed in the New Jersey Superior Courts. I live in New York and have already filed an objection to execution (by myself) and have received my court hearing date. I was given advice that I should represent myself since I don't make a lot of money but I already regret taking it because I filed the paperwork wrong the first time. Then because I was overwhelmed and crying a lot I completely forgot to black out my account numbers on the legal documents that were already submitted (I know very dumb please don't berate me). Is it too late to find/hire a lawyer? If not, would I have to find a lawyer in New Jersey or New York? Do they take pro bono cases from out of state residents? Idk I'm 23 and never had any legal troubles before and I'm scared lol. Over $2000 was taken from my accounts.

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