Collection actions : defending consumers and their assets / Jonathan Sheldon, Carolyn Carter; contributing authors: Abby Shafroth, Chi Chi Wu, Jeremiah Battle, Jr., Dwain Alexander, Leah Davenport, Mary Kingsley.
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Contents:
Introduction -- Case selection, advising the client, and litigation strategy -- Dismissal before reaching the merits -- Proof of the merits of the collector's claims -- Defenses and counterclaims -- Creditors' recovery of attorney fees, collection expenses, postjudgment interest -- Defending military personnel in collection actions -- Criminal and civil collection of dishonored checks -- Medical debt -- Federal administrative agency collections -- Criminal justice debt -- Challenging a collection judgment -- Enforcement of judgments: general principles, constitutional issues -- Protecting debtors wages, benefits, other income, and bank accounts -- Protecting the debtor's home, tangible personal property, and other assets -- Debtor's examinations and imprisonment for debt -- Prevailing consumers' postjudgment actions -- Appendix A: Selected provisions of the servicemembers civil relief act -- Appendix B: Selected provisions governing collection of debts owed to federal government -- Appendix C: Federal wage garnishment statute and regulations -- Appendix D: Treasury rule protecting electronically deposited exempt federal benefits -- Appendix E: Selected federal exemption provisions -- Appendix F: Federal trade commission credit practices rule -- Appendix G: Summaries of state exemption laws -- Index.
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