Debt Management
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Bankruptcy and Your Credit FAQ
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Car Repossession Laws: An Overview
Learn about car repossessions: how they work, how to avoid them, and your options if it happens to your car.
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Credit Repair
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Learn how to manage your debts and get back on your financial feet. Below you'll find information on debt settlement and negotiation tactics, as well as how to deal with bill collectors, repay student loans, and improve your credit. You can also learn about the different collection methods creditors can use—such as repossession and wage garnishment—and what happens if a creditor sues you.
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Bankruptcy and Your Credit FAQ
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How Creditors Collect Debts: Repossession, Wage Garnishment, Bank Attachment, and More
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If Your Wages Are Garnished: Your Rights
Your wages can be garnished if you owe child support, alimony, student loans, or back taxes, or a court judgment has been entered against you.
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How to Object to a Wage Garnishment
Learn the basic procedures for challenging a wage garnishment.
Dealing With Debt: When You Can't Pay Your Bills
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Options for Debt Relief: What to Do If You Can't Pay Your Debts
If you're struggling with debt, learn about your options to get debt relief.
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Common Defenses in Debt Buyer Lawsuits
Learn about defenses you might have if a debt buyer sues you to collect a debt.
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Learn when you might get sued for delinquent credit card debt, steps in the lawsuit, and how to defend against it.
Debt Collectors, Collection Agencies & Debt Buyers
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You can request that a collection agency verify the amount and validity of a debt. But you must act quickly.
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Illegal Debt Collection Practices
Learn what bill collectors can and can't do under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
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Legal Updates in Debt Management Law
Learn more about recent legal developments.
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- Car Repossessions
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- Dealing With Debt: When You Can't Pay Your Bills
- Debt Collectors, Collection Agencies & Debt Buyers
- Debt Relief & Consumer Lawyers
- Debt Settlement & Negotiating With Creditors
- Getting Loans & Credit
- How Creditors Collect Debts: Repossession, Wage Garnishment, Bank Attachment, and More
- Managing Credit Card Debt
- State Debt Management Centers
- Student Loan Debt
- Car Repossessions
- Creditor Lawsuits
- Credit Repair for Bad Credit
- Dealing With Debt: When You Can't Pay Your Bills
- Debt Collectors, Collection Agencies & Debt Buyers
- Debt Relief & Consumer Lawyers
- Debt Settlement & Negotiating With Creditors
- Getting Loans & Credit
- How Creditors Collect Debts: Repossession, Wage Garnishment, Bank Attachment, and More
- Managing Credit Card Debt
- State Debt Management Centers
- Student Loan Debt
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