Bankruptcy Basics

Four Steps to a Successful Chapter 7 bankruptcy

03/11/14

11702555793_31333b9da1_mA chapter 7 bankruptcy can be easy or difficult. Here are four steps to making it go quickly and smoothly:

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Four Steps to a Successful Chapter 7 bankruptcy

03/11/14

11702555793_31333b9da1_mA chapter 7 bankruptcy can be easy or difficult. Here are four steps to making it go quickly and smoothly:

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Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Gets Hard Time!

02/26/14

A bankruptcy petition preparer in Michigan was sentenced in federal court to several years in prison.  The story can be accessed here.

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Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Gets Hard Time!

02/26/14

A bankruptcy petition preparer in Michigan was sentenced in federal court to several years in prison.  The story can be accessed here.

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Why “Surrender” in Bankruptcy Doesn’t Mean Surrender

02/10/14

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In bankruptcy, some words don’t have their ordinary meanings. “Surrender” is one of these words. Many people who file bankruptcy surrender real estate or their car. They think that once they tell the Court, the Trustee and the creditor that the item is being surrendered they’re done with it. They’re not.

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What Have You Done For Me?

02/07/14

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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Court – What Goes On?

01/26/14

Much gets done on Chapter 13 day in Bankruptcy Court. Other courts around the country may operate differently, but in the Syracuse and Utica divisions of the Northern District of New York Bankruptcy Court, Chapter 13 day is held only once or twice each month. So what happens and who goes to these court days?

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