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See A State Try to Revive a 7-Year-Old Debt. The Judge Said No!
A debt collector, the State of Michigan itself, sued my client a year too late, then tried to revive a dead debt to reset the clock. The judge said no.In this breakdown I walk through a real win: a time barred student loan lawsuit that got dismissed under Michigan's six year statute of limitations, and how we beat the "revival" trick the State used to try to restart the clock with old bankruptcy paperwork. If you are being sued on an old debt, this is the playbook.You will learn:How the statute of limitations can be a complete defense, even against the governmentWhy the collector's own…
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