Bankruptcy Blogs

Chapter 13 Discharge Rare? Chapter 13 bankruptcy involves crafting a repayment plan to your creditors over a 3-5 year period. If like many chapter 13 debtors, your income is too high to qualify for chapter 7 bankruptcy, your repayment plan will take place over a 5 year period. At the end of the repayment plan, [...]

Below are my twitter posts since my last post of June 12 of 24 recent cases (and one very amusing video) that might be of interest to you. RSS Feeds are als

Garnishment is No Fun When a garnishment hits, it usually hits hard, with as much as 25% of a debtor’s monthly paycheck going directly to their creditors. Bankruptcy Stops Wage Garnishment Through the power of the automatic stay, filing for bankruptcy stops all creditor collection activity including foreclosure, lawsuits and wage garnishment. If your wages [...]

It is no secret than many Americans are one tragedy away from financial hardship in the form of accidents, the loss of a job, a divorce, or an unexpected illness.  More than half of all bankruptcies are reportedly the result of overwhelming medical expenses. Even (relatively) small medical bills can become overwhelming quickly because the [...]

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 12:37 PM Subject: DC Convention Materials Now Available for Purchase Greetings. I am writing to let you know that the materials from our 19th Annual Convention, held April 15-17, 2011, in Washington,...