With the Supreme Court’s hearing two major cases addressing same-sex marriage this term, Hollingsworth v. Perry and United States v. Windsor , we have been getting questions about how same-sex marriages are dealt with in bankruptcy. The answer is, ... Read full article
Homeowners experiencing financial difficulties can avoid losing their homes by getting a mortgage modification. The trouble many people have is getting their mortgage company to agree to grant them an affordable modification. ... Read full article
Random audits of consumer debtors in bankruptcy cases have stopped . ... Read full article
Chapter 7 bankruptcies fix things; Chapter 13s allow the debtor to fix things. ... Read full article
How would you like to pay for my spring vacation to Maui? Or make my house payment this month? What? you howl. What do I get out of paying your bills? Good question. ... Read full article
Lexis-Nexis book co-authored by Brett Weiss, the writer of this blog ... Read full article
The City of New Orleans, where I practice as a consumer bankruptcy attorney, is home to all branches of the United States Armed Forces. ... Read full article
Financial Literacy Month begins tomorrow and continues until May rears its head. Why not turn it into a party? ... Read full article
This is a tale of two families who just wanted to protect their homes. The older couple wanted to protect their residence from the possibility that they might lose it if they had to go to a nursing home. Their daughter and her husband were having trouble ... Read full article
Your mortgage lender is demanding that you “reaffirm” a mortgage note on your residence in your bankruptcy case. Should you agree to do so? First the basics: There are two parts to your agreement with the mortgage lender regarding your residence. The ... Read full article
