{"id":15,"date":"2013-10-07T13:41:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T13:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com.php8-43.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2024-02-22T14:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:10:55","slug":"bankruptcy-news-judge-punishes-bank-of-america-for-bankruptcy-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/bankruptcy-news-judge-punishes-bank-of-america-for-bankruptcy-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"BANKRUPTCY NEWS: Judge punishes Bank of America for bankruptcy violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bank of America is back in the hot seat in bankruptcy court as a judge slaps a $10,000 per month fine on the bank for badgering a couple to pay a debt that was clearly discharged in their Chapter 7 bankruptcy case.\u00a0 Judge Robert Drain ordered BOA to pay $10,000 per month for each month that it continues attempts to collect the debt for the couple.\u00a0 The couple\u2019s Chapter 7 bankruptcy case discharged their obligation to pay off their mortgage.\u00a0 The bank can foreclose on the home but it is barred from forcing the couple to pay off the debt.\u00a0 And this is not the first time Bank of America has been in trouble for harassing debtors or failing to abide by court orders.\u00a0 You can read the entire story at \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/bankruptcy\/2013\/10\/04\/bankruptcy-judge-sends-a-message-to-bank-of-america\/?mod=WSJBlog\">Bankruptcy Judge Sends a Message to Bank of America<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cooper Law Firm is in the business of helping debtors avoid creditor harassment through bankruptcy relief.\u00a0 We can show you how to stop the harassing telephone calls, the endless collection letters and the threatening messages from creditors.\u00a0 Bankruptcy can give you the peace of mind you need to reorganize your debts and get a fresh start.\u00a0 Contact our office today for a free bankruptcy consultation with an experienced bankruptcy attorney. We offer affordable bankruptcy payment plans.\u00a0 Do not continue to allow creditors to harass you and cause needless stress &#8211; &#8211; call The Cooper Law Firm today to get relief from creditor harassment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bank of America is back in the hot seat in bankruptcy court as a judge slaps a $10,000 per month fine on the bank for badgering a couple to pay a debt that was clearly discharged in their Chapter 7 bankruptcy case.\u00a0 Judge Robert Drain ordered BOA to pay $10,000 per month for each month&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/bankruptcy-news-judge-punishes-bank-of-america-for-bankruptcy-violations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BANKRUPTCY NEWS: Judge punishes Bank of America for bankruptcy violations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4],"tags":[5,6,7,8,9,10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecooperlawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}