Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Massachusetts
contract
If a creditor agrees over time to accept late payments on a lease contract does that acceptance void the original terms of the lease.
Asked on 4/12/06, 4:54 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
John Postl
Burkinshaw Law Offices, P.C.
Re: contract
Probably not. You should look for a paragraph entitled "waiver" which has language to the effect that the acceptance by the creditor of a late payment on one or more occaisons does not constitute waiver of the requirement that payments be made on or before the due date.
Answered on 4/12/06, 5:59 pm