I have just checked on the IVA list and I am not on it. I had an IVA in 2010 which failed 18 months later due to circumstances beyond my control. This debt (from a bank) has been sold from one debt collector to another for the past few years. It has now gone to a solicitor. I cannot pay this. I am unemployed and care full time for my severely handicapped adult son. I then found out by phoning a debt charity that the solictors are not really solicitors, they are another debt collection agency under another name. Do failed IVA's have a time limit as to when you can carry on trying to claim the money? Or is this never going to go away?
The debt is unlikely to go away and they can continue to pursue you. If you have no assets you could consider a debt relief order or bankruptcy depending on the size of your debts but if you have assets you may need to reach some form of agreement with the creditors.
The assets question seems to be the real key here. If there are none then a DRO or BR look favourite. Even if it has to be BR due to the size of the debts then there are various organisations that can provide access to funds or grants to help with the cost of this, and of course there is no danger of any income payments with the OP seemingly solely reliant on state benefits for income. A DRO, of course, comes at significantly lesser cost than a full blown BR.
If there are assets to protect however, then more detailed professional advice would be in order.
Regards.
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A DRO is £90 and is for debts of less than £15,000 and where there is low surplus income and minimal assets. You seem to qualify although I am wondering why you were put into an IVA for such a small debt or have the other debts been cleared?
Still well under the limits for a DRO, so that is still in the list of possibilities. And, incidentally, still on the low side to have warranted an IVA in the first place.
My opinions are merely that .. opinions based on experience. Always seek professional advice.
IVA Completed 23rd July 2013 .... C.C. 10th January 2014
Advisor at the time suggested bankruptcy but I really didnt want to go down that route. IVA seemed do-able at the time and I felt more comfortable with that option, after all they were my debts and I felt morally obligated to try my best to pay them off. Unfortunately circumstances changed + payments became impossible.
Well, Mari, you tried. But now you have to get clear of this so that you can move forward. Pop into your local CAB and have a word with the debt advisor there. A DRO might be the best way now.
My opinions are merely that .. opinions based on experience. Always seek professional advice.
IVA Completed 23rd July 2013 .... C.C. 10th January 2014