Debts Canceled by Bankruptcy Still Mar Consumer Credit Scores
Posted: 13 Nov 2014, 18:06
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Debts Canceled by Bankruptcy Still Mar Consumer Credit Scores
In the netherworld of consumer debt, there are zombies: bills that cannot be killed even by declaring personal bankruptcy. Tens of thousands of Americans who went through bankruptcy are still haunted by debts long after - sometimes as long as a decade after - federal judges have extinguished the bills in court.