this is a serious question about bankruptcy or trying to avoid creditors?
i had really good credit until a few years ago, i had all the major credit cards and i always paid my bills on time. but i was unemployed because of an injury for almost 6 months so i just lived off of my credit cards, when i finally got back to work i wasnt even making enough to pay all late charges and interest fees. i was paying 50% of my income each week towards paying it back but i was so far in debt by that time that i was still having each account grow in debt because i got so far behind. they were calling me at work constantly , i didnt even have my home phone because i got rid of any luxurys that i didnt need. i ended up moving out of state to avoid them. i understand there are new laws that prevent a person from filing bankruptcy on credit card debt. it has been over 2 years now that i have avoided them. but my debt was about ,000 back then and the way it was growing im sure it has to be double that by now. should i continue to try and avoid them. i earn only 000 a year
i would really like to pay it all back but i couldnt even keep up with the late fees back then and i have a job making less than i made before. is there any way that i could just pay maybe 20% of my income and get my debt paid off? i am barely scraping by now but i dont want to be a deadbeat. but i have also heard that if i avoid them contacting me in anyway for 7 years that they will not be able to collect anything from me. but im sure that they can find me because i work at a normal job and file my taxes every year