My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: Tennessee
Last night my fiancee, who had just left from a visit to her son and his family in Tennessee, called me and told he she had gotten a call from the son in which he stated that "people" had shown up at his house and told him to report to the jail the next day. He was, they said, going to have to serve 30 days for unpaid medical bills going back to 1999. He has a wife and several kids and barely makes enough to keep food on the table, much less buy insurance.
Can this happen in Tennessee? Everything I know about credit and debt collections, being a former banker in Texas, says you can't put somebody in jail for unpaid debt unless child support, student loans, taxes or significant fraud was involved. He called a Public Defender, who was going to try to meet with him today; I' m just looking for background on the subject. Thanks for any information you can give.

