Stop wage garnishment and
other debt collection harassment, and give the individual some breathing room.
Not exact matches
They should stop attempts to collect
debts without proper information and documentation about the
debt, stop
debt collectors from bringing robo - signed cases in court, crack down on widespread use of threats,
harassment and embarrassment in
debt collection, and protect consumers from having their credit records unfairly affected by medical
debt, among
other actions.
Some advantages bankruptcy protection might offer a bankrupt debtor is that you can obtain an automatic stay which means the mere request for bankruptcy protection automatically stops and brings to a cessation certain lawsuits, foreclosures, utility shut - offs, evictions, repossessions, garnishments, attachments, and
debt collection harassment, filing might save your home, you can reschedule secured
debts, you can receive protection for co-debtors you can keep all non-exempt property, you can consolidate all your loans under one plan, all or part of your loans may be completely forgiven, and you can extend certain tax obligations, student loans, or
other such qualifying
debts.
With most of those situations, I either learn about something
other than what the person was calling about, or I am able to help them with issue 1 (
debt collection lawsuit) and they eventually end up with a situation involving a
debt collector (potential
debt collection harassment).