Buying Just Enough Time for Your Home with a Chapter 7 Straight Bankruptcy
What if you don’t want to keep your house, but just need a little more time to find another place to live? Or if you just need to finish a pending sale before a foreclosure happens? Or maybe you don’t want or need the extra benefits of Chapter 13. Or you just want to put […]
Options with Your Vehicle Loan under Chapter 7
Your car or truck loan may be the most important debt you have. Chapter 7 puts you in the driver seat for dealing with this debt.
What Happens to Your “General Unsecured Debts” in Chapter 7?
Your “left-over debts”–those which are neither secured by collateral nor belong to any of the special “priority” categories–often don’t drive the decision about whether to file Chapter 7 or 13. But you still need to know how these “general unsecured debts” are handled under these two options.
A Happy Chapter 7 Trustee Means a Happy Chapter 7 Case
My goal with our Chapter 7 clients is to provide a smooth path through bankruptcy to a fresh and clean start. The way to get there is to do what it takes to keep your Chapter 7 trustee happy. We keep the trustee happy by making it easy for him or her to do his […]
Do I Have Any “Priority” Debts and Why Are They Such a Big Deal?
As you likely know, all your debts are not treated equally in bankruptcy. Most debts can be discharged (legally written-off), but some can’t, or can only be under certain circumstances. Some debts are unsecured while others are secured by collateral. How the secured debts are treated depends on the collateral’s value, and whether you are […]
Personal Bankruptcy in Florida – Steps to Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcies
Bankruptcy in the state of Florida can be filed by an individual without the aid of an attorney or document preparation agency. Yet, it is still recommended that anyone filing for personal bankruptcy should seek legal counsel. The federal bankruptcy code creates different categories of bankruptcy, known as chapters, which gives debtors different ways of […]
5 Common Mistakes Bankruptcy Clients Make
5 Common Mistakes Bankruptcy Clients Make Bankruptcy is governed by Title 11 of the United States Codes. Oftentimes, what makes sense in bankruptcy world does not make sense in everyday life. Here are the top 5 mistakes potential bankruptcy clients make. 1. Selling assets in an attempt to get out of debt What assets you […]
Bankruptcy May Not Cover Christmas Credit Card Binges
Does the following scenario sound familiar to you? The Smith family has had a difficult year financially. John Smith lost his lucrative career as a result of cutbacks to middle management at a previously thriving construction company and has been working two jobs in retail for several months. Jane Smith recently re-entered the workforce after […]
When Creditors Won’t Reaffirm
When Creditors Won’t Reaffirm By Jacqueline S. Edington, Paralegal Bob (not his real name) filed a chapter 7 bankruptcy. Bob stated that his intentions on a 2007 motorcycle were to reaffirm. In the usual frame of time Bob received his Order in No Asset, meaning Discharge was right around the corner. Bob realized that […]
Removing Property Liens in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Removing Property Liens in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy By Jacqueline S. Edington, Paralegal Normally a second mortgage lien can not be removed in a chapter 7 bankruptcy. However, if the creditor has put a “judgment” lien on the home instead of a “mortgage” lien; it can be done. We recently had a debtor […]