Public Storage Sold Belongings of Active Duty Solider In Iraq

[scbelle]

As a wife of an active duty soldier, I can tell you that the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act precludes any business from seizing property or commencing legal preceedings while a servicemember has been deployed (this goes for private citizens as well-- inidividuals cannot bring about legal proceedings while a servicemember is deployed; they have to wait until their return). The SCRA also limits all previous loans (car, credit card, mortgage, etc.) to no more than 6% interest during the deployment.
While I agree with Tippie that soldiers should have their affairs in order, sometimes it just comes down to who the goofball soldier has entrusted with his financial obligations. Most wives are ok when it comes to dealing with the family finances, while others are just completely clueless.

[LPIDelta]

He was only gone a year--that seems like a short amount of time for a company to do something like this. Usually you need to be past due several months, and then don't they need some kind of legal order allowing them to sell the property? All that takes time--not to mention he resumed making payments. I assume he had other bills as well--it does not mention that any of those companies took action against him.

scbelle's info above is correct. Soliders, sailors, and Marines have too much to worry about during war to have to be vigilant over their affairs at home. Hopefully this will be a lesson to others to choose their POAs carefully.