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• Filing for bankruptcy will stop all collection efforts.
• Once you file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy you may not be able to withdraw your petition or have itconverted to a Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
• It is a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Act for a collector to threaten or harass or to call you at home.
• Your failure to pay for monies that is owed to another party will never lead to arrest despite what some collection agencies tell you.
• In collection cases attorneys usually decide whether or not to take a case on an hourly or contingency basis based on the size of the debt that is owed and the ability of the defendant to pay once a judgment is secured.
• Filing for bankruptcy will stop all collection efforts.

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