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daveofgv
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do to say that this is not enough info and they did not validate for what I asked for?
Here's the FDCPA Validation requirements:
809. Validation of debts
(a) Notice of debt; contents
Within five days after the initial communication with a consumer
in connection with the collection of any debt, a debt
collector shall, unless the following information is contained
in the initial communication or the consumer has paid the
debt, send the consumer a written notice containing—
(1) the amount of the debt;
(2) the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed;
(3) a statement that unless the consumer, within thirty days
after receipt of the notice, disputes the validity of the
debt, or any portion thereof, the debt will be assumed
to be valid by the debt collector;
(4) a statement that if the consumer notifies the debt collector
in writing within the thirty-day period that the
debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, the debt collector
will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of
a judgment against the consumer and a copy of such
verification or judgment will be mailed to the consumer
by the debt collector; and
(5) a statement that, upon the consumer’s written request
within the thirty-day period, the debt collector will
provide the consumer with the name and address of the
original creditor, if different from the current creditor.
(b) Disputed debts
If the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within
the thirty-day period described in subsection (a) that the
debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, or that the consumer
requests the name and address of the original creditor,
the debt collector shall cease collection of the debt,
or any disputed portion thereof, until the debt collector
obtains verification of the debt or any copy of a judgment,
or the name and address of the original creditor, and a copy
of such verification or judgment, or name and address of
the original creditor, is mailed to the consumer by the debt
collector. Collection activities and communications that
do not otherwise violate this title may continue during
the 30-day period referred to in subsection (a) unless the
consumer has notified the debt collector in writing that the
debt, or any portion of the debt, is disputed or that the consumer
requests the name and address of the original creditor.
Any collection activities and communication during the
30-day period may not overshadow or be inconsistent with
the disclosure of the consumer’s right to dispute the debt or
request the name and address of the original creditor.
(c) Admission of liability
The failure of a consumer to dispute the validity of a debt
under this section may not be construed by any court as an
admission of liability by the consumer.
(d) Legal pleadings
A communication in the form of a formal pleading in a
civil action shall not be treated as an initial communication
for purposes of subsection (a).
(e) Notice provisions
The sending or delivery of any form or notice which
does not relate to the collection of a debt and is expressly
required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, title V
of Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, or any provision of Federal
or State law relating to notice of data security breach or
privacy, or any regulation prescribed under any such provision
of law, shall not be treated as an initial communication
in connection with debt collection for purposes of this
section.
http://business.ftc.gov/documents/fa...-practices-act
If you feel that the collection agency has not provided you with sufficient information to comply with the statute, then you have the option of writing back with a quote of the statute and ask for any additional information that complies with the statutory requirements.
Make sure you follow the statutory procedures to the letter.
Keep in mind that you might actually be the responsible party for your son's medical bills. If you are divorced, neither the providers nor the collection agency will care what your divorce decree says.