Submission Number: 00089 

Received: 11/22/2010 5:40:48 PM
Commenter: Christopher Tilley
Organization: 
State: California
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Initiative: Statement of Policy Regarding Communications in Connection with Collection of a Decedent’s Debt; Project No. P104806
Attachments: No Attachments
Submission Text
Debt collectors should be limited to contacting the executor of the estate. It's that person or people who are responsible for winding up the estate and paying debts, etc. If the estate can't pay then the debt needs to be written off. If debt collectors go after former spouses, etc after the estate has been exhausted, then there needs to be significant financial costs to the debt collection agency and jail time for the officers of the companies.