Now?! Obviously these writer never dealt with QWest. Those clowns refuse to comprehend when somebody is dead and send bill after bill after bill and make plenty of annoying phone calls. They give up eventually, very eventually.
I think it's only fair. After all, if the dead can vote, they should be able to pay their bills..............
if not mistaken the federal fair debt collection statutes do not allow the pursuit of uncollectable debt.
State laws are even more stingint. (generally each new collection agency has to give 30 days notice they are now collecting on the debt and they are bound by prior communications or dispute or denial)
You’re Dead? That Won’t Stop the Debt Collector
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/business/04dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
Well, I recall a conversation with a pastor one time, during which he confided that in seminary they had offered training in how to approach people with terminal illnesses, even on their death beds, asking for large bequests to the church.