Articles from Law Office of Steven P. Taylor Bankruptcy Blog

By Steven P. Taylor, J.D.
Founder of the Law Offices of Steven P. Taylor P.C.

By: Steven P. Taylor
Law Office of Steven P. Taylor, P.C.
August 31, 2015

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For those bankruptcy practitioners that also file Fair Debt Collection Practice Act claims, the general practice for the Chapter 13 bankruptcy practitioners is to review proof of claims at some point past the claims bar date and then object to proofs of claims for debt that is not enforceable under state law. Upon disallowance pursuant to the statute of limitations, the practitioner would schedule the FDCPA claim on schedule B, and cause a FDCPA case to be filed in District Court. Some pundits have stated that the filing of a proof of claim is itself not subject to the FDCPA.