affidavit of support

[Paheli00]

Re: affidavit of support

@Pakilarka

Okay here is a strange question.
What if they(either gov or the family) decides to sue me after three year and at that point.

1. I have lost the job so am living on unemployment
   or
2. I am not in usa anymore
   or
3. Am not in usa anymore but working for US gov.

1. Well, if you don’t have any money at all, then there’s nothing for anyone to take. In lawsuits, people generally comes after your incomes, assets…ANYTHING that will get them paid. So if you’re unemployed and living on the streets, then you have nothing to worry about. HOWEVER…if you yourself are receving govt. assistance…it gets tricky. I don’t knoe enough details about that particular area to give you a definite answer. But understand that in lawsuits, they can come after assets (ie. house, car etc). If you have bank accounts…they can find that out too. So it’s not as simple as you not having a job.

2. If you’re not in the U.S. anymore…then again, no worries. Let the govt. and family sue you all they want…if you’re not here and have no assets here, then nothing to worry about.

3. Again…a very particular area. Not 100% sure BUT I would imagine that if they wanted to…they would be able to garnish your wages (since it’s the govt. paying you…and you owe the govt. money). Again…you’d need to talk to a lawyer that actually specializes in this.

** Look, there are many what “IFs” that can come up…you’d drive yourself insane trying to figure out each scenario. And no lawyer can give you definite answers b/c a lot of the outcome will depend on the circumstances at the time of the event (and of course, laws can change too!). Instead of focusing on all these potential scenarios…you really need to think about just how much you trust this family NOT to take advantage of your “help”.