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Archive for February 4th, 2008

Green Chair of Truth–the 341 Meeting Chair »

Jill Michaux recently wrote a piece on What To Expect At Your 341 Hearing. She provided a list of questions, typically asked at the 341 Hearing, also known as the Meeting of Creditors. These questions were also probably provided in different forms in the homework provided by your attorney. [...]

Congress Could Save Your Home From Foreclosure »

Congress is considering the “Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007.” This bill would change the bankruptcy code to permit a bankruptcy judge to modify the terms of a home loan in a Chapter 13 proceeding. HR 3609 makes a small change in §1322(b)(2) of the bankruptcy code that now [...]

Bankruptcy Crimes: Will we see more of this in the future? »

Recently, U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull, sentenced a Billings, Montana woman to the maximum sentence allowable for crimes including bankruptcy crimes against her mother. The woman, named Nancy Short, admitted the wrongdoing and asked for forgiveness; however, the Judge was not persuaded. He even went over and above the recommendations made by the [...]

When Do I Need To Leave My House When Filing For Bankruptcy And Foreclosure. Part 2 of 2. »

In my last post, we discussed that a typical foreclosure in California where a chapter 7 bankruptcy is involved, can typically can take up to a year. This article will discuss how that process may even be lengthened.
If you liked that post, then try these…”Debt Management Programs”―Better Than Bankruptcy? by Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy AttorneyBankruptcy, [...]