Question About Bill Collectors----

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So...... I got court papers in the mail the other day. They are papers for garnishment of my wages for an old old old bill. The papers come in a previous married name. A married name that's not been mine for over 20 years. They are going to garnishee my wages from Acosta. Oh really? Sheesh...I didn't even really work for them. A year ago they bought out a company that I was working for. I did one hour of online training then went ahead and quit that job as I had planned to the following month anyway. I received one check from Acosta for $9. Idiots. Anyway, I was thinking about that 7 year thing. I know from reading that 7 years is the limitation on trying to collect a bill. I thought "oh my gosh, it's been a lot longer than 7 years so why are they bothering me?" Then I remembered........almost 7 years ago they got 25 cents from me...yes, 25 cents. I learned some years before that, from the bank, that as long as I keep a balance of less than $10 in my checking account then the bill collector gets nothing as the bank has to be able to take their $10 charge out first before paying the collector. That particular time I had $10.25 in the bank. The bank too their $10 fee and actually sent the 25 cents to the bill collector. So, I'm guessing that they are seeing that it's been close to that $7 (edit-- oops this is supposed to be 7 years not dollars...no wonder some are confused!) and are grasping at straws in order to try to get the 7 years to start over. My question is why?? This is a bill that was for a bad check. I messed up and was 10 cents short in the bank that time and the check bounced. Of course they added another $100 on for their fees, but how much have they spent trying to collect this bill for 20 plus years?? Just my little rant for the day.