March 4, 2009
The New York Times article on debt collectors who shake down the living for the debts of the dead made a big splash nationwide. It was an especially big deal in Minnesota, since DCM Services, featured prominently in the article, is a Minnesota company. KSTP, channel 5 in the Twin Cities, interviewed me for their [...]
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March 4, 2009
According to the New York Times, when debt collectors call up grieving relatives of the deceased, those relatives often have no obligation to pay the debt. So when do relatives have a responsibility to pay the debts of the dearly departed?
Since I represent the living, I asked someone who deals with the dead (or, rather, [...]
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