Mistaken Identity

Location: North Carolina

I’m currently taking steps, but wanted to see if anyone had any pertinent advice.

I shared a name with one of my parents until I got married a decade ago, after which I underwent the process for a legal name change.

This parent owns a business, and this business has been involved in a civil suit, with a judgement recently rendered against my parent.

I received a legal notice from my bank four days ago: Notice of Levy on Intangibles. This notice references the case in which my parent’s company has been involved, case number included. However, where it lists the defendant (my parent with the same name I once had) it lists MY ssn next to the name.

All of my bank accounts have been garnished, including those I share with my spouse. Fortunately, most of our assets are in various other holdings, most of which are in my spouses name, but this still amounts to an overnight loss of roughly 20k.

Obviously, I have to prove that the person involved in the case is not me. Different name, different address, etc.

Anyone experience something like this?

I guess my questions are:

What might the road ahead look like in recouping my funds and extracting myself from this?

Should I plan for legal recourse against the county or the sheriff’s office (who is currently holding my funds and drafted all the paperwork?) I've pulled all my credit reports and checked everywhere I can: my ssn is not involved in any other suspicious situation. It appears that someone somewhere made a grave clerical error that is causing massive stress.

Thanks very much.