ContractDebt Collection Agreement • July 2nd, 2022
Contract Type FiledJuly 2nd, 2022agreement creating the debt is, by definition, an agreement valid under State contract law.27 In addition, the separate agreement interpretation ignores section 808(1)’s focus on the ‘‘amount’’ being ‘‘expressly authorized by the agreement creating the debt’’ or ‘‘permitted by law.’’ 28 Under section 808(1), it is not enough for the agreement to be ‘‘permitted by law’’; rather, the ‘‘amount’’ itself must be.