Collections Education Foreclosure Garnishment 
Sawin & Shea
JANUARY 11, 2024
Since 2005, a debtor education course from an approved provider is mandatory for anyone who files for bankruptcy. Debtor education classes provide customized guidance based on your unique circumstances. Since then, bankruptcy filers have been required to take both a bankruptcy credit counseling course and a debtor education course.
Sawin & Shea
AUGUST 24, 2020
Bankruptcy can also stop or delay a home or mortgage foreclosure, stop collection actions, stop garnishments and lawsuits. Debt collection agencies can be thoroughly unpleasant. Stay educated about what debt collectors can and can’t do and state your rights if they step over the line. What does each one mean?
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Troutman Sanders
JANUARY 19, 2021
Our bank and loan servicing clients also face novel challenges affecting their industry due to COVID-19, particularly the ever-changing rules and regulations concerning evictions and foreclosures. Department of Education to continue excusing borrowers from making payments on their student loans in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sawin & Shea
APRIL 26, 2023
If the court rules in their favor, the creditor can file a judgment lien against you, which means that the court has permitted them to forcefully collect that debt from you. If the creditor has your date of birth and social security number, they may be able to garnish your bank account and apply that money toward your debt balance.
Troutman Sanders
AUGUST 9, 2021
Our bank and loan servicing clients also face novel challenges affecting their industry due to COVID-19, particularly the ever-changing rules and regulations concerning evictions and foreclosures. On August 5, the Department of Education announced that it is extending the moratorium on federal student loan payments through January 31, 2022.
Troutman Sanders
JULY 26, 2021
Our bank and loan servicing clients also face novel challenges affecting their industry due to COVID-19, particularly the ever-changing rules and regulations concerning evictions and foreclosures. PST, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation will hold the inaugural meeting of its Debt Collection Advisory Committee.
Troutman Sanders
MARCH 22, 2021
Our bank and loan servicing clients also face novel challenges affecting their industry due to COVID-19, particularly the ever-changing rules and regulations concerning evictions and foreclosures. The bill also would require such payments to be encoded, and would extend other restrictions on collection of such funds.
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