Sheldon, Jonathan A. <br/><br/>
Collection actions :  defending consumers and their assets / 
Jonathan Sheldon, Carolyn L. Carter ; contributing authors: Abby Shafroth, Chi Chi Wu, Jeremiah Battle, Jr., Dwain Alexander, Leah Davenport, Mary Kingsley. 
 - Fourth edition. 
 - xxxi, 712 pages ;  28 cm 
 - Consumer credit and sales legal practice series .
 - Consumer credit and sales legal practice series. .
<br/><br/> Kept up to date by supplements and companion website. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781602481701 1602481709 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017954414 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Collection laws--United States.<br/>Collection agencies--Law and legislation--United States.<br/>Consumer credit--Law and legislation--United States.<br/>Collection agencies--Law and legislation.<br/>Collection laws.<br/>Consumer credit--Law and legislation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF 1024  / .S54 2017