Credit counseling sounds like a good thing. If the credit agency is sincerely concerned about the debtor then it's a good thing. However, if the credit agency is more concerned about a fee that is generated for them by consolidating the debt through their office, then it's a bad thing.
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Now debtors will have to go through a very complicated process to determine if they have any money to pay their creditors, ... It involves looking at their monthly income for the past six months.Kenneth Meyers
I think it will create a lot more work for attorneys but there are some good aspects to it also, ... I hate to comment on what Congress did, but I really think in some ways the new laws are overkill. That would be my observation, frankly.
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That will have to take place through the Internet or by telephone, which will create a hardship. The way I understand it these agencies are supposed to explain how people can pay their debts outside of bankruptcy, ... And in order to file you now have to have a certification that you have completed the credit counseling.
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It should be done in high school, ... That's when you ought to educate people on how to handle their bills.
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Under the new law before anybody can file for bankruptcy they will have to go through credit counseling through a credit counseling agency. And that's an agency approved by the U.S. Trustees office,
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