One DS, 27, doesn't live with us - very sadly estranged and with serious MH issues. Now, a letter has come for him from a railway company, fining him for not paying a railway fare in January and adding a whopping £70.00 admin fee. 14 days to pay, not appeal. (I preseme he was issued with a fixed penalty notice first - doesn't say). He never uses our address - hasn't seen us for a several years - was staying, as far as we know, with his DF who is one hell of a strange person. But he may well not be there now.
We've been worried sick about DS and now here he is - he's cropped up but in the form of a letter threatening prosecution if he doesn't pay up.
I have no wish to get him deeper into trouble (he may be in enough already). I also have no way of knowing where he is. Cards etc to him c/o my ex go unanswered.
If I phone the company, might I be able to pay for the unpaid ticket (£35.00) and ask them to drop the administration fee? It would be difficult for me to pay for this, unless I could do so in instalments.
Thanks for any advice.