Sawin & Shea

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

An automatic stay is an injunction prohibiting creditors from collecting debts. If you’re in an emergency situation such as wage garnishment, eviction, or pending repossession filing an emergency bankruptcy may be right for you. It’s not always clear when it’s the right time to file for emergency bankruptcy.

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Debt Free Colorado

JUNE 18, 2024

Know How to Stop Creditor Harassment & Wage Garnishment Debt can be a heavy burden. Creditor harassment is any aggressive or threatening communication from a debt collector. This stops creditor harassment and wage garnishment for most debts. What is Wage Garnishment? What is Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?

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Sawin & Shea

JANUARY 18, 2023

Filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy provides you with an automatic stay that prohibits creditors from being able to take any action to collect a debt against you, such as repossessions, wage garnishment, and legal action. Additionally, your creditors will not be allowed to contact you.

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Collection Industry News

JULY 20, 2020

DEBT COLLECTORS, facing growing demands to freeze the collection of debt across the country amid the economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic, are mobilizing their lobbyists to push back. In New York, residents are receiving a 30-day reprieve from the collection of state-owned medical and student debt.

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Sawin & Shea

JANUARY 25, 2022

When you fail to make payments on your secured debts and default, some creditors can immediately enforce their rights to seize your property without suing you. However, before a lawsuit is filed, lenders of unsecured debt will typically hire debt collectors in an attempt to recover what you owe.

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Sawin & Shea

MAY 2, 2024

Whether you’re facing foreclosure , repossession, wage garnishments, or relentless creditor harassment, our expertise in bankruptcy law can offer the protection and relief you’ve been seeking. When Bankruptcy Makes Sense In some situations, bankruptcy provides much more powerful debt relief than any alternative.

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Sawin & Shea

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

However, it is important to note that before bankruptcy is declared, lenders can still come after you to get you to pay off the unsecured debt. They may use collection agencies , or they may sue you (asking the court to garnish wages, take an asset, or put a lien on your home).

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