7 On Your Side Recovers $11,000 in Unclaimed College Savings Funds for New Jersey Family

Unclaimed College Savings Plan Funds

• 🎯 A New Jersey family, the Sullivans, faced the disappearance of an $11,000 529 college fund started for their son, James, in 2015.
• ⚠️ After the investment firm stated the funds were no longer with them and the family received no contact, they were unable to locate the money.

Search for Unclaimed Property

• 🔍 The family attempted to find the funds through the New Jersey unclaimed funds website, but James's name did not appear in the database.
• 💡 Despite six months of personal effort and frustration, the tenacious mother refused to give up on recovering her son's money.

7 On Your Side Intervention

• 📞 After contacting Channel 7's "7 On Your Side" segment, the New Jersey Department of Treasury was engaged.
• ✅ Within 24 hours, the Sullivans received the necessary paperwork to claim their unclaimed funds.

Successful Recovery

• 💰 James Sullivan was finally reunited with $10,855.99, marking a successful resolution to the decade-long search.
• 👏 The family expressed immense gratitude to Nina Pineda and the "7 On Your Side" team for their crucial assistance.