Debt Collection Agencies Become More Powerful with a Judgment

author by Gregory Mark Fitzgerald on Oct. 16, 2018

Bankruptcy & Debt Credit & Debt Bankruptcy & Debt  Collection Bankruptcy & Debt  Bankruptcy 

Summary: If you do not reply to a collections lawsuit, and you do not appear at the scheduled trial, chances are good that a judgment will be entered against you automatically.

"If you have fallen into serious debt, you are probably only too aware of the emotions accompanying such stress. You may have trouble sleeping, suffer from depression, and feel humiliated and isolated. Whether you have been crushed under the burden of student loans, suffered from a serious illness or had an accident, or lost your job, you are not alone in such challenges as so many consumers in the US struggle to pay the bills too after an unexpected life event."

Read the entire article on the official Fitzgerald & Campbell, APLC blog.

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