By Karen Oakes, Southern Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney on Apr 24, 2009 in Student Loans | 0 Comments
Part 8 of my review of Kevin Trudeau’s book, “Debt Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know” examines Chapter 13: Class is Now In Session. The purpose of the review is to examine whether Trudeau, who has had extensive involvement with credit card fraud and the Federal Trade Commission for some of his previous books, makes [...]
By Douglas Jacobs, California Bankruptcy Attorney on Feb 10, 2008 in Featured, General Bankruptcy Information | 0 Comments
Last year, my friend and colleague, Susanne Robicsek, wrote a great comment on the different types of bankruptcies. Susanne covered all the types of bankruptcies, but what I want to do is outline the basic pros and cons between a Chapter 7 and a Chapter 13.
First of all, a chapter 7 is the basic, so-called [...]
By Susanne Robicsek, North Carolina Bankruptcy Attorney on May 29, 2007 in Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, General Bankruptcy Information | 0 Comments
There are five different kinds of bankruptcy cases:
Chapters 7, 9, 11, 12. and 13.
They are named after the chapters of the bankruptcy code book that contains the rules specific to that kind of bankruptcy.
These five kinds of cases are divided into two different types of bankruptcy cases:
1) Straight/Liquidation – Chapter 7 only.
2) Reorganization – Chapters [...]
