A Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act Attorney in Ft. Lauderdale

A Fort Lauderdale Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act Lawyer

It has become increasingly common for consumers to seek protection and legal representation for affairs of finance. The combination of declining real estate values and an overall economic downturn has created insurmountable debt problems for many responsible and genuine individuals. When the available income is no longer able to service the debt then the situation can turn stressful and serious. The daily struggle to make ends meet is not eased by the added pressure and humiliation of collection efforts. The creditors have a right to attempt to collect on monies lent out but they do not have a right to abuse debtors. You have legal rights against creditor harassment and turn for help from a Fort Lauderdale bankruptcy attorney under these circumstances.

You have Rights and Protections

While the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act exists at the Federal level for the sake of restraining abuses in debt collection the State of Florida took this a step further and enacted the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA). Amongst other requirements it states that, with some exceptions, a collection entity must register in the State before commencing collection activities. All in all the FCCPA outlines almost 20 prohibited collection activities. Some of these are:

• Willfully communicate with the debtor or any member of her or his family with such frequency as can be reasonably expected to harass the debtor or their family or to willfully engage in other conduct which can be reasonably expected to abuse or harass the debtor or any member of her or his family
• Use profane, obscene, vulgar or willfully abusive language in communicating with the debtor or any member of his or her family
• Use or threaten force or violence
• Communicate with the debtor between the hours of 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. in the debtor's time zone without the prior consent of the debtor

At The McCue Law Firm the area of consumer advocacy has become a mainstay of our practice. As a husband and wife team we have developed a personal approach to assisting individuals in financial difficulty find solutions and to better understand not only their options but what the long-term impact of certain decisions might mean.

Please don't let financial difficulties ruin your life. You do have rights and options that can best be understood when you contact a Fort Lauderdale Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act Lawyer .