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Pay Your Mortgage After You File Chapter 13 if You Want to Keep Your House
In my latest Bankruptcy Law Network post, I talk about a Chapter 13 debtor’s obligations after his case is filed . In this video I talk more specifically about a Chapter 13 filer’s obligation to make his on-going mortgage payments, on time, as they come ... Read full article
How to Create a Trustee Friendly Bankruptcy Budget
How to Avoid Problems When Filing a Bankruptcy Case Budget from Jonathan Ginsberg on Vimeo . ... Read full article
Public Bankruptcy Filings may Help Your Cause in a Divorce Battle
Georgia Homeowners Should Not Assume that Mortgage Lenders will Negotiate in Good Faith
Social Security Disability Payees Now Eligible for Discharge of Student Loans
When Bankruptcy Makes More Sense than Struggling to Pay Off Debt
I want to challenge the conventional wisdom that filing bankruptcy should be considered a last resort. Does that sound self serving coming from a bankruptcy lawyer? Maybe. But consider this table: ... Read full article
Debts that Arise from Personal Disputes are Often Trouble in Bankruptcy Court
Senior Citizens and Bankruptcy: Special Considerations
Over the past few months, Susan Blum and I have been meeting with an increasing number of senior citizens and others on fixed incomes who are consider ... Read full article
Senior Citizens and Bankruptcy: Special Considerations
Over the past few months, Susan Blum and I have been meeting with an increasing number of senior citizens and others on fixed incomes who are consider ... Read full article
Senior Citizens and Bankruptcy: Special Considerations
Over the past few months, Susan Blum and I have been meeting with an increasing number of senior citizens and others on fixed incomes who are consider ... Read full article
Don’t Forget that You have Payment Obligations in Chapter 13
Chapter 13 can transform an upside down budget into one where your income equals your outflow, and it can reduce your total debt, sometimes by thousands of dollars. Chapter 13 only works, however, if you pay what you are required to pay by your Chapter 13 ... Read full article
Car Titles and Chapter 13
An issue that that seems to arise in more and more Chapter 13 cases has to do with the release of car titles. Even when the vehicle lender has been paid in full in the Chapter 13, there seems to always be a delay ... Read full article
Don’t Forget that You have Payment Obligations in Chapter 13
Chapter 13 can transform an upside down budget into one where your income equals your outflow, and it can reduce your total debt, sometimes by thousands of dollars. Chapter 13 only works, however, if you pay what you are required to pay by your Chapter 13 ... Read full article
Finally – Some Good New for Georgia Bankruptcy Filers
Within the last few weeks, there have been two favorable developments for Georgia bankruptcy filers. First, as of May 1, 2012, the median income tables for Georgia ... Read full article
Never Ignore a Lawsuit that is Served on You
Last week, my secretary left me a message that read as follows: ... Read full article
Debt Collectors Lurking in Hospital Waiting Rooms?
A recent article in The New York Times ... Read full article
Social Security Disability Lump Sum Excluded from Bankruptcy Estate?
My Bankruptcy Law Network colleague Craig Andresen ... Read full article
Why Should There be a Social Stigma Against Filing for Bankruptcy?
Carmen Dellutri, one of my Bankruptcy Law Network colleagues from Florida, featured a post on his blog, the Florida Bankruptcy Lawyer Blog , by associate Joe LoTempio last month that really resonated with me, a ... Read full article
Bankruptcy as a “Safety Valve” for the U.S. Economy
I recently read an academic working paper from three professors that provided quite a bit of support for things I (and my bankruptcy-practicing colleague ... Read full article
