My husband and I were married in 04. Most of our income was mine for that year. I filed a joint return but all of my refund was taken to cover back taxes of my husband's from 1987! Is there a time limit where they can collect this? Also the code CP42 doesn't exist on their website and the form does not tell us what the balance is just that they applied the entire refund to the back taxes from 1987. Is there any way I can get this money back?

