Collection actions : defending consumers and their assets / Jonathan Sheldon, Carolyn L. Carter, Chi Chi Wu ; contributing authors, Dwain Alexander, Jeremiah Battle, Jr., Leah Davenport, Robert J. Hobbs, Mary Kingsley, Darlene R. Wong.
Kept up to date by supplements and companion website. Print no longer updated. Latest also available online. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- State restrictions on the recovery of attorney fees and other collection expenses -- Defending military personnel in collection actions -- Criminal and civil collection of dishonored checks -- Medical debt -- Defending consumers against collection by federal administrative agencies -- Challenging a collection judgment -- Protecting debtors from creditors' postjudgment remedies -- 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 -- Appendix H: Online companion material for this treatise.
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