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Coerced Debt Toolkit: Addressing Identity Theft for Survivors of Financial Abuse

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I suspect that my abusive partner took out debt or opened accounts in my name.

Step 1: Request your credit reports.
Step 2: Review your credit reports.

Step 1: Request your credit reports.
Step 2: Review your credit reports.

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Coerced Debt Toolkit Guide

Coerced Debt Toolkit

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This toolkit is brought to you by the Texas Coalition on Coerced Debt and Texas Appleseed.

Coerced Debt Toolkit

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Guide 3: Discover

I suspect that my abusive partner took out debt or opened accounts in my name.
- Step 1: Request your credit reports.
- Step 2: Review your credit reports.
I was denied credit, housing, or a job based on my credit history.
- Step 1: Figure out which consumer reporting agencies to contact.
- Step 2: Request your credit report from the consumer reporting agency that did the credit check.
A debt collector called or contacted me about a debt that I didn't take out.
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All Guides In This Toolkit

Coerced Debt Toolkit Overview
Guide 1: Understand
Guide 2: Protect
Guide 3: Discover
Guide 4: Dispute
Guide 5: Defend

Written in partnership with the Texas Coalition on Coerced Debt

This toolkit offers helpful information, but it does not give legal advice. For more information, you can consult the List of Free and Low-cost Legal Services included in this toolkit and TexasLawHelp.

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