You may have to do Freedom of Information requests, or enlist the help of your congress persons for assistance.

You can file a lawsuit where the debt was entered into. Find and have her served. Or sue where she lives.

If they had sued, and if they had kept renewing the judgment, or if you have made any payments in the last 6 years, then they may be able to sue.

Put your request, in writing, and ask them for an accounting.

Ask, in writing, for an accounting of what they claim is due. That way you can analyze their claim.

Are you saying an account in your husband's name alone was garnished on this debt? You should look at the court records to determine what is going...

Yes civil suit but no as to criminal charges.

You could be responsible and the neighbors would be. You could sue to get them to mediation. As it is a neighbor, good relations are important....

Try contacting the police. Sometimes they will accompany a person and try to encourage the person to return the items.

You might hire an attorney to do a demand letter.