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Four Steps to a Successful Chapter 7 bankruptcy
A chapter 7 bankruptcy can be easy or difficult. Here are four steps to making it go quickly and smoothly: ... Read full article
Can Bankruptcy Rescue You from a Financial Scam?
Has anyone ever offered you $500, $1,000, $2,000 or more for you to sign your name – no strings attached? ... Read full article
Bankruptcy Means Test: Student Loans Used to Obtain Dentistry Degree Not “Consumer Debts” Under Section 707(b)
Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Gets Hard Time!
A bankruptcy petition preparer in Michigan was sentenced in federal court to several years in prison. The story can be accessed here . ... Read full article
Last Day to Comment on New Chapter 13 Plan, Petition, Schedules, Means Test, Bankruptcy Rules Changes
Thinking About Filing Bankruptcy? Now Might be the Right Time.
Why “Surrender” in Bankruptcy Doesn’t Mean Surrender
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 ... Read full article
What Have You Done For Me?
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Should You Try to Keep Your Home When You File Bankruptcy?
Your House is in Foreclosure: What Should You Do?
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Court – What Goes On?
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 ... Read full article
How To Talk To A (Bankruptcy) Lawyer
Talking to a lawyer is rarely fun. Having to talk to a bankruptcy lawyer seems down right scary or painful . So if you have debt problems and need to see us, try to get the most out of it. ... Read full article
The People Who File For Bankruptcy: What Kind of People Get Rid of Their Debts?
Use Exemptions to Protect Your Property in Bankruptcy
The scariest part of filing bankruptcy is losing property that one should not have lost. It doesn’t happen often or to many people, but everyone needs to know how to protect property. Everyone who files bankruptcy gets to exempt a certain amount of stuff, ... Read full article
A profile of the typical person who files bankruptcy
A five year study of the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act conducted by The Institute For Financial Literacy paints a picture of who files bankruptcy, and why. Do you see yourself in this picture? ... Read full article
The Debt and the Lien: Two Completely Different Problems
Amended Bankruptcy Rule 1007 changes Form 23 debtor education filing requirement.
A December 1st 2013 bankruptcy rule change allows the approved provider of a debtor education course on personal financial management to notify the court that debtor completed the course requirement. The 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer ... Read full article
Bankruptcy: Don’t Get Home-Towned
The US Constitution grants Congress the power to establish uniform laws on Bankruptcy. Our bankruptcy law is a Federal law administered by the US courts. ... Read full article
Running on Empty: “What If I Can’t Make My Chapter 13 Payments?”
Chapter 13 bankruptcy is about payments. After all, it’s a “payment plan bankruptcy.” But what if you just can’t make the payments? A moratori…what? A motion for moratorium of payments is a motion you can file to suspend your plan payments for a period ... Read full article