Author: Christian Niklas

Heir Who Pays Utilities for Home Inherited from Father Is Not a Consumer Under the FDCPA

by Christian Niklas Christian Niklas

A basic premise of debt collection law is that a creditor cannot collect a debt from someone whom does not owe that debt. However, what if one were to flip that premise? What if a person whom didn’t owe a debt filed suit under the FDCPA against a law firm which previously filed an “in rem” foreclosure action and named that person as a party in the foreclosure action? Read more