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    Exclamation Bill Court Ordered to My Mom Was Written Off on Her Bankruptcy is Back on My Credit

    My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: Indiana originally, now California

    I was sent to collections for a medical bill (4 years later without ever having contacted me) that a judge had ordered my mother to pay in a divorce/custody order. I was 18 at the time of the bill, but the judge ruled all medical bills be the responsibility of my mother since I had undergone a major surgery. I sent this court document to the collections agency, they transfered the account to her name and off my credit, and she had it discharged in her bankruptcy (ch 7). Now, two years later, I find out that the collections agency has put it back on my credit and has been reporting it against me without ever contacting me to let me know. When I called them today, they said that because my mom discharged it in her bankruptcy, it is now my responsibility. This is illegal, correct? Once the bill was discharged, it became invalid and it is illegal for them to harass me with it. What is the law/statute I can reference to assure them I know my rights and will file against them should they continue?

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    Default Re: Bill Court Ordered to My Mom Was Written Off on Her Bankruptcy is Back on My Cred

    Once the bill was discharged, it became invalid and it is illegal for them to harass me with it.
    the bill was not discharged. The debt your mother owed for the bill was discharged. Since you were 18 at the time of the service, the bill is and always has been your responsibility regardless what the divorce court ordered. The provider was not a party to the divorce action so the divorce court cannot alter the contract between the provider and the beneficiary.

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