<prompt> Human: Im a 23 year old student. My parents banks accounts are frozen as well as mine. This all happened without any warning whatsoever. Today is my first day of classes, my dad is unemployed and has been for two years, my mom is self employed but struggling. We pay groceries and rent out of my dads savings. I have a full tuition scholarship to my school but if this lien isnt removed asap I will be screwed. I think I can get an extension on the deadline for the student fee given the circumstances. Ill talk to the bursars office today but otherwise I just dont understand why this is happening. We. Pay. Our. Taxes. I. Pay. My. Taxes. Edit: parents told me they owe taxes :Update 2: I have a linked account with my mom, thats the real crux of the problem it turns out.Update 1: The latest my Account would be unfrozen would be February 3rd, hopefully the issue gets resolved way before that.Update 3: I think this is an abuse of the mechanism, just because my account is linked to them doesnt mean It should be frozen as well, my money goes to my expenses, not theirs. It wouldnt take much to figure that out. If I was asked for my account statements I would gladly provide them, a lien should be a last resort.Update 4: My account is now unfrozen, even if my parents accounts still arent. Chase bank charged me a 75 administrative fee however so now Im short of being able to pay the student fee on my own.  <response>: Im pretty sure there was a warning, you just didnt see it because it wasnt meant for you. As you mentioned, your account is tied to your moms, so thats why its affected. Your parents need to sort out their legal obligations ASAP. And you need to set up your own account so other peoples mistakes do not affect you. Can you explain how this lien is affecting your scholarship? Do you mean to say that you received a check for the tuition, but you deposited into your account, which then got frozen, so now you cant get it back out again? 