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Post-by-Post Archives

• Keeping mum about discharging taxes in bankruptcy
• Today, I am Reviewing the Claims File from my Client’s Chapter 13
• US Health Care Financing System is Broken - Most Bankruptcies Due To Medical Debt
• “I’m Not Filing Bankruptcy On . . . “, and Other Misconceptions
• Are There Any Reasons NOT to File Chapter 7 Bankruptcy? Part 2-You May Not Discharge All Your Debt
• Can I File Blank Bankruptcy Forms To Start My Case?
• Exemption Amounts Increased in Oregon (a small step)
• Are There Any Reasons NOT to File Chapter 7 Bankruptcy? Part 1 – It May Affect Your Credit Score
• Completing Bankruptcy Paperwork
• Dairy Farmers in Crisis Should Consider Chapter 12 Bankruptcy
• Warranty Claims Against a Bankrupt Company
• Trustee Holds Feher Proceeds Until Completion or Dismissal of Chapter 13
• What Happens to Insurance Proceeds for a Totaled Car in Chapter 13?
• What Documents Do I Need To Have To File For Bankruptcy?
• Is It Possible to Lose My Homestead Exemption in Bankruptcy Court?
• The Duty To Disclose: Why Does A Debtor Have To Provide A List Of All Assets?
• How Will Judge Sotomayor Decide Bankruptcy Cases if She Gets to the Supreme Court?
• Choosing A Bankruptcy Lawyer - 5 Things To Look For
• San Diego now allows “McMansions” in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
• Family Medical Leave and Chapter 13 Payments
• Should I File A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Or A Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• San Diego: New Ruling Allows Student Loans to be Discharged in Chapter 13!
• Chapter 13 And Unexpected Bills
• Chapter 7 Bankruptcy May Give (Temporary) Relief from Collectors
• Payroll taxes: the “loan” that lives forever
• Why File A Response In A Chapter 7 Motion For Relief From Stay?
• Do I have to be a citizen to file a bankruptcy case?
• Chapter 20: San Diego Bankruptcy Court allows Lien Stripping in Chapter 13 after Chapter 7.
• Does bankruptcy protect me against debts from other countries?
• Fees From A Creditor Who Tried To Dismiss Your Case
• Should I file bankruptcy before I get married?
• Force Placed Insurance Only Protects The Lender
• California Foreclosure: 90 More Days Added under 2923.52(a)
• Bankruptcy and Reverse Mortgages
• Bankruptcy Erases Most Judgments
• How to Value a Car for Chapter 13 Plan “Secured Claim” Purposes
• New Massachusetts Bankruptcy Means Test Decision
• How Long Will My Chapter 7 Take?
• New York News Report Debunks 5 Myths of Bankruptcy
• Beware Of Letters (Ads) For Bankruptcy Financial Mangement Class
• Statements Received After Discharge May Violate Bankruptcy Code Even If Creditor Includes A Disclaimer
• Carey Ebert, Ft. Worth Bankruptcy Lawyer And President of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Joins As A Contributing Author
• HELOC in bankruptcy: dischargeable?
• Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Defense Attorney Opens New Southern Illinois Office
• Reject Commercial Leases Quickly, Says 8th Circuit BAP
• Means Test Vehicle Ownership Expense: Another Appeals Court Says “Yes” Even When There’s No Car Payment
• Appeals Court Holds More Than Mere “Mistake” Required for Imposition of Constructive Trust; Bankruptcy Trustee Entitled to Mistaken $90,000 Deposit into Debtor’s Account
• Bankruptcy and Older Folks
• Bankruptcy Judge Can Order Conversion from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7
• When Preparing for Bankruptcy, You Can’t Be Too Careful
• What Happens If A Creditor Contacts Me After My Bankruptcy?
• Can’t Access ECF? Another Possible Problem and Its Solution
• What Happens if I Stop My Chapter 13 Payment?
• Attorney Liens in Bankruptcy
• What Is The U.S. Trustee?
• Bankruptcy Debtor Education Class (2nd Course)
• The stigma of bankruptcy
• Chapter 13 Plans Which Vest Property of the Estate in the Debtor Too Early Can Result in Loss of Assets
• Statement of Financial Affairs: Question 6
• Eugene Melchionne, Connecticut Bankruptcy Lawyer, Elected To Lead Bankruptcy Law Network
• Should I Talk With a Bankruptcy Lawyer Instead of A Debt Settlement Company?
• Tell Your Bankruptcy Attorney Everything
• Hear GM and Chrysler Bankruptcy Hearings Online
• “Stealth” Plan Provisions: Confirmation of Chapter 13 Plan Did Not Alter Domestic Support Obligation
• Top 20 Cities for Credit Card Spending
• Credit Union Automatic Deductions & the Automatic Stay
• After Filing Bankruptcy, Banks Can’t Keep Your Money For Pre-petition Debts
• One Violation; Two Lawyers
• Married Debtors; Separate Bankruptcy Estates
• Personal Bailouts - Should You Bailout A Friend or Relative?
• Can You Get Rid Of A Mortgage: An Update
• Does The Stress Over Debts or Mortgage Foreclosure Lead to Suicide?
• Resolving a Motion for Relief - A Costly Exercise
• Lawyer Fails to File Bankruptcy or Otherwise Carry Out Debt Repayment Plan; License to Practice Law Revoked
• To File Your Case, Your Lawyer Will Need All Info, All At One Time
• I Didn’t File For Bankruptcy! How Can The Trustee Sell My House?
• Seventh Circuit Says “Give back the Car” in bankruptcy - Even in Chicago
• List all of your assets in your bankruptcy case - it’s a crime not to
• Can’t Access Pacer or ECF? You May Need to Change a Setting in Your Browser
• Credit Default Swaps Could Force General Motors Bankruptcy
• You can recover damages if creditors harass you after you file your bankruptcy case
• Real Estate Commissions Lost to Chapter 7 Trustee, Even When Closings Occurred After Bankruptcy Filing
• How Flexible is Chapter 13 After You’ve Filed?
• Satisfy a Car Loan by Surrender in Connecticut
• What Is the Difference Between Chapter 11, Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• Do Not Hide From Your Lawyer
• Who Should File for Bankruptcy?
• What Happens To My Chapter 13 Payment If My Income Goes Down?
• Connecticut’s Exemption in Cars
• Can I Use Chapter 13 to Save an Elderly Parent or Adult Child’s Home?
• How Long Does a Chapter 13 Case Take?
• Credit Union’s Application of Automatic Payroll Deductions to Vehicle Loan Violates Bankruptcy Protection
• I’m Filing Bankruptcy But I Don’t Want My Family Members To Know
• Chapter 11 for Individuals or Small Businesses
• Hardship Discharge in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: What is It?
• Can I Keep My Car in Bankruptcy?
• Debt Management Firm Says Bankruptcy the Best Solution
• My income is going down - do I still have to file chapter 13?
• Student Loans In Bankruptcy–A Thorny Problem
• Revocable Trusts and Entirety Property
• Statement of Financial Affairs: Question 5
• Determining Household Size for Means Test
• Can I Keep my Tax Refund in a Massachusetts Bankruptcy?
• Civil Judgments For Past Due Debts - Why Do I Care?
• Questions To Ask A Bankruptcy Lawyer Before Signing A Retainer Agreement
• My Employer is in Bankruptcy, Can I Still Sue Them?
• Statement of Financial Affairs: Question 4
• What is the Wild Card Exemption?
• Can I File Bankruptcy Again?
• Can I Keep My Car if I File Chapter 7 in New York?
• What Does it Cost to File Bankruptcy?
• Free Rent For A Parent?
• I still owe HOA Fees after I filed Bankruptcy and Surrendered my Home?
• The Continuing Concealment Doctrine
• Pay Advices–What Is That? Evidence of Income for Bankruptcy.
• How long does it take to file a bankruptcy case?
• The Dilemma of Private Student Loans in Bankruptcy
• Notes on Bankruptcy Article in The Atlantic
• Bankruptcy, exemptions and a fresh start
• Don’t Be So Quick to Dismiss the Relevance of Means Test Numbers
• Massachusetts Bankruptcy Court Issues New Standing Orders
• When bankruptcy is smarter choice
• A grateful client thanked me for his fresh start
• Limited Stay Relief Is Automatic In Massachusetts
• Bank of America squeezes its credit card holders - no default necessary. “I’m mad as hell and not going to take this anymore.”
• Limited Attorney Appearances Allowed In Massachusetts
• Consumer credit evaporating - Consumer bankruptcy cases to climb
• Attorney Fees Are a Means Test Deduction
• Massachusetts Attorney General Warns on Mortgage Modifications
• Unlisted Debts Are Not Discharged in First Circuit
• How Do I Find Out My Chapter 13 Balance?
• Bankruptcy and Lenders who Refuse to Pick Up Vehicles
• Statement of Financial Affairs: Question 3
• Ask For A Discharge After Making Last Chapter 13 Payment
• Insurance Requirement on Vehicles in a Western District of Missouri Bankruptcy
• Minimal Or Zero Dividend Chapter 13 Plans: The Newest Battleground
• How To Become A Former Client Of A Bankruptcy Attorney
• How Not to be Selected as a Client by a Bankruptcy Attorney.
• The Terrible Consequences of Not Getting A Discharge In Bankruptcy
• Filing Bankruptcy: First Steps
• I’ve Moved During My Bankruptcy: Now What?
• Why Did Cramdown Fail? Insurance and Principal.
• Owing Rent When Filing Chapter 13
• Missouri Chapter 13 Plans Must Pay Mortgage Payments Through Trustee; Direct Mortgage Payments for Delinquent Debtors Disallowed
• Congress Votes Against Consumers Modifying Home Mortgages In Bankruptcy
• If Chrysler Can File Bankruptcy, Why Can’t I?
• Business credit cards and the individual bankruptcy case
• Can A Bankruptcy Trustee Search Your Home?
• Ten Reasons to Delay Filing Bankruptcy! Reason No. 6.1: The Means Test
• My Bankruptcy Attorney Doesn’t Return My Phone Calls. Why?
• Louisiana House To Consider Raising Homestead Exemption!
• Help Families Save Their Homes! We Need Your Help Now!
• Protecting College Funds In Bankruptcy
• Ten Reasons to Delay Filing Bankruptcy! Reason No. 6: Payment of Creditors
• Is There Such A Thing As a “Secret” Bankruptcy?
• Debt Cures: Does Kevin Trudeau Make Money or Sense? Part 10: Bankruptcy
• U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Bankruptcy Exemption Issue
• Paychecks And Uncooperative Employers
• Should I use a petition preparer so I can file bankruptcy without an attorney?
• Can I get out of debt without bankruptcy?
• Wage Garnishment for a Chapter 13 Plan Payment Increases Success Rate.
• How Is My Chapter 13 Plan Payment Figured?
• Reasons to hire an attorney for your bankruptcy case
• Why are chapter 13 cases being filed less frequently?
• The Company That Owes Me Money Is In Chapter 11–What Now?
• My employer is in bankruptcy - what happens to my health insurance?
• My employer is in bankruptcy - what happens to my pension?
• Student Loan Hangover - The Economy And Bankruptcy
• Carpenter’s Apprentice Training Costs Non-Dischargeable as “Student Loans,” Even Though No Loans Were Made
• Does It Matter, For Bankruptcy Purposes, How the Credit Cards Were Used?
• My school won’t give me my transcript after banrkuptcy
• Balance Transfers Can Be Avoidable Preferences
• Carolina Place Mall Parent Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• Attorney May Charge No More Than $1,500 for Routine Chapter 7 Case, Florida Court Rules
• Before You Move, Talk To A Bankruptcy Lawyer
• Fourth Circuit Rules That The “Hanging Paragraph” Protects Negative Equity
• Should I Stop Paying my Credit Card Debt if I Plan to File Bankruptcy
• Statistics: Utah sees 56% increase in bankruptcy
• Always Tell Your Lawyer The Truth
• Credit Crisis Simplified
• Practice Tip: Debt Relief Agency Notices
• Don’t break bankruptcy’s 90 day rule
• What are the Implications of Non-reaffirmed Mortgage Debt in a pre-BAPCPA Chapter 7 case
• Actions Taken Against Non-Debtor Spouse Violate Discharge Injunction
• Statement of Financial Affairs: Questions 1 and 2
• Statement of Financial Affairs Information
• Bankruptcy Good for the Economy
• Many People Keep Their Homes When They File For Bankruptcy
• Disclose Debt Relief Payments And Attorney Fees On SOFA 9
• New Massachusetts Median Income Figures
• Is Senator Mel Martinez a Republican or Floridian first?
• Disclose Attorney Fees in Bankruptcy - Show Me The Money
• Bankruptcy does not allow you to keep your home AND not pay for it!
• Is 800CreditCardDebt Better Than Bankruptcy?
• Bankruptcy and Short Sales: California
• I Lost My Job and Cannot Make My Chapter 13 Payment
• Can I Keep My Favorite Credit Cards Off My Bankruptcy?
• Bankruptcy Law Network Contributor Brett Weiss Testifies Before Congress
• Practice Tip: Include Proof of Insurance on Schedules
• Who Has The Title To My Car During My Bankruptcy Case?
• Statement of Financial Affairs: What Is It?
• Student Loans Discharged; Court Rules That Wife’s Income Not Relevant in Determining Income for “Undue Hardship” Analysis
• When Will I Get My Car Title After I File Bankruptcy?
• Celebrity Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Attorney Has Duty to Check on Alleged Perfection of Security Interest, Idaho Court Rules
• Can I Pay Back My Debts After Bankruptcy?
• Sanctions Victory in Massachusetts
• A Song About Bankruptcy?
• Is Filing Bankruptcy Embarrassing?
• Ten Reasons to Delay Filing Bankruptcy! Reason No. 4: Pre-Bankruptcy Transfers
• Massachusetts: Means Test Not Safe Harbor in Chapter 7
• Are You Really Ready to File Bankruptcy? Things You Will Need.
• Should I File Bankruptcy?
• Chapter 7 Debtor May Use “$0″ Exemption on Asset Having Unknown Value; Mistaken Exemption Upheld
• Waiver Of Credit Counseling And Debtor Education Ends For Eastern District Of Louisiana
• Deduction for Involuntary Liens Disallowed on Means Test
• I’m In Chapter 13 and I’ve Goofed-What Now?
• Ron Paul’s opposition to Bankruptcy Reform is hypocrisy
• New Bankruptcy Court Judge in the Northern District of New York
• Will my bankruptcy discharge go through?
• Where Do You Find Credible Bankruptcy Information?
• Can I Refinance My Home While I’m In Bankruptcy?
• How Fast Can A Bankruptcy Be Filed?
• Can my creditors keep calling me after my bankruptcy?
• How Much Is a Trillion?
• Good Morning America Reports On The Economic Crises.
• Medical bills after Chapter 7 and during Chapter 13
• Madoff bankruptcy: What’s a claw-back? Are you at risk?
• Can I transfer my house to my kids?
• Bankruptcy And A New Car
• Strange Days: Means Test Numbers Don’t Make Sense
• Is there a good time to file my bankruptcy case?
• Can I get credit after bankruptcy?
• Chapter 7 Reaffirmation Only Available if You can Afford to Pay
• NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Intervenes For Consumers in Central NY Bankruptcy Case
• I have an account at a bank I owe money - What should I do? What if the bank makes a set-off?
• I Co-Signed An Account–What Happens If I File Bankruptcy?
• Can I keep my income tax refund in bankruptcy?
• Can I modify my mortgage in chapter 13?
• What Is A Proof of Claim–Does it come off a cereal box?
• Should I Keep Paying My Homeowner’s Insurance After Filing Bankruptcy?
• Why “Show Me The Note” Matters
• How To Keep Your Chapter 7 Trustee Happy.
• When Preparing to File Bankruptcy, Don’t “Dump and Run”
• Banks’ Future Woes in One Word: Plastic
• How Much Do I Have to Pay the Chapter 13 Trustee?
• Has the Recession “Bottomed Out”?
• 1st Circuit B.A.P. Decision on Implied Acceptance
• Avoiding probate with property transfer costly in bankruptcy
• Mortgage Modification Bill Now In Senate’s Hands - Judges Speak Out!
• Bankruptcy Will Stop A Foreclosure–No Doubt About It!
• Do I Qualify For A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?
• 1st Circuit B.A.P. Rules on Balloon Payments
• New Mortgage Modification “Cram Down” Bankruptcy Laws to Help San Diego
• Bankruptcy Case Law Blog Launched
• Bankruptcy Cramdown Bill Approved in the House of Representatives
• Bankruptcy: will “they” make me sell my stuff?
• Judicial Mortgage Modification Deal in the House
• Means Test Income and Expense Figures Change March 15
• Florida Needs Bankruptcy Mortgage Modifications Now!
• Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Defense Firm Opens New Office In Sarasota, Florida
• Support bankruptcy reform by calling Congress through NACBA’s toll free number
• Opponents of bankruptcy reform are whiners
• Does It Matter What I Do With My Tax Refund If I’m Going to File Bankruptcy Soon?
• Appeals Court: Failure to File Section 521 Financial Disclosures Within 45 Days Need Not Result in Dismissal
• A Website Can Be A Bankruptcy Lawyer
• Avoiding Judgment Liens in Bankruptcy - Too Little, Too Late?
• Ten Reasons to Delay Filing Bankruptcy! Reason No. 3: Homestead Exemptions
• Bankruptcy Judge Stephen D. Gerling Retires Today in the Northern District of New York
• If I Sell My House Less Than One Year Before Filing Bankruptcy, Do I Have To Keep Records of What I Do With the Money?
• Same Sex Couples Not Required to Combine Income on “Means Test,” Wisconsin Court Rules
• Is My Chapter 13 Trustee My Friend?
• Court Imposes $2,000 Fine Upon Bankruptcy Petition Preparer
• More than a million families to benefit from mortgage modification bill in Congress
• Some Consumer Debts Incurred after a Chapter 13 Filing Can be Included in Your Plan
• House to Vote Thursday on Revised Bill for Mortgage Modification in Bankruptcy
• Creditor Reaffirmation Attorney’s Fees Disallowed
• Bankruptcy Lawyers Must Love Recessions, Right?
• Mortgage Modification in Bankruptcy Bill to House Floor Wednesday
• Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Defense Opens New Daytona Beach Office
• President Obama, The Bankruptcy Code and Leadership
• Buying A House After Filing Bankruptcy
• Destruction of Bank Statements No Grounds for Denial of Discharge, Massachusetts Court Rules
• Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: What Gets Paid to the Unsecured Pot in the Ninth Circuit?
• At Least We Don’t Have Debtors’ Prisons….
• How do I know I need to file bankruptcy?
• The proposed bankruptcy amendment will even help those who don’t want to file
• Judges on Judicial Mortgage Modification Bill
• Nine Questions to Ask a Debt Negotiation Company
• Connecticut Bankruptcy Filings Up 66% -
• Must I pay my creditors in less than 5 years in a chapter 13 case?
• What’s Wrong with the Mortgage Industry’s Objections to the “Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009”?
• New Massachusetts Bankruptcy Judge Begins Work
• 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Upholds Pre-Bankruptcy Planning Decision
• Judicial Mortgage Modification Bill Leaves Unanswered Questions for Bankruptcy Practitioners
• Now is the Time for Judicial Modification of Mortgages in Bankruptcy!
• How Do I Pass the Median Income Test in Bankruptcy?
• Judicial Mortgage Modification, Lobby Day in DC
• What You Need to Know About Suze Orman
• Chapter 11 is for People Too
• Proverbs 17:22 - Sometimes Laughter Is The Best Medicine.
• King Amendment Hurts the Middle Class
• Budgeting is Critical in a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Case
• Do I have to file bankruptcy for my corporation?
• Foreclosures and Bankruptcy
• BLN Founder to Teach Bankruptcy to Solo Lawyers
• Credit Counseling and Financial Management Training - Traps for Debtors
• Laid Off? I’m Going to Disney World!
• Income Contingent Repayment Plans & Student Loan Discharges in Massachusetts
• Car in Someone Else’s Name: Resulting Trust
• My Employer Filed Bankruptcy! What Do I Do?
• How Will Mortgage Modification Work under the New Bankruptcy Law?
• How to choose a bankruptcy attorney
• Ten Reasons to Delay Filing Bankruptcy! Reason No. 2: Debtor’s Domicile
• Credit Suisse Supports Bankruptcy Code Change
• Should I File Bankruptcy Now if the Law is Going to Change?
• Octuplets’ Grandmother Filed for Bankruptcy! News or Cheap Shot?
• What the Heck Is Bankruptcy’s Order of Reference?
• Contributions to Retirement Plan OK says Wisconsin Bankruptcy Court
• Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah.
• Should I Try to Negotiate a Mortgage Modification or Should I Just Go Ahead With Chapter 13?
• Defending a Fraud Complaint
• Three Bankruptcy Filings in 12 Months Equals No Automatic Stay
• Protect your income tax refund in bankruptcy
• An odd provision in HR 200
• The Means Test: Increasing Punishment for Consumers as the Economy Declines?
• Do I Have to File Bankruptcy all my Credit Cards?
• Debt, Divorce, and Dealing with Both in Bankruptcy
• If I File Bankruptcy, Can I Keep My Bank Accounts?
• Court Rules Unauthorized Post-Petition Settlement Void
• Mortgage Modification in Bankruptcy would Mean More Money to Credit Card Banks
• Pre-Bankruptcy Means Test Planning — Try Moving
• Chicago Bankruptcy Judge Says Chapter 13 Projected Monthly Income is based on Actual Income and Expense
• Demand your Congressman and Senators to Support Mortgage Modifications in Bankruptcy
• Can The Federal Government File Bankruptcy?
• Should I Sell My Business Before Filing For Bankruptcy?
• When are you Safe after a Fraudulent Conveyance?
• Allowing Bankruptcy Judges To Modify Home Loans Could Also Help The Credit Card Companies
• In re Booth: Chapter 13 Plan Provisions Regarding Cure of Mortgage Arrearages and Application of Fees Disapproved by Court
• California Court: $6,060 Monthly Mortgage Payment Not an Abuse of Chapter 7
• Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Reform Bill Testimony
• Savings back in style
• Obama White House Position on Bankruptcy Laws
• Bankruptcy and Guilt
• When’s the Right Time to File Bankruptcy?
• Is California Going Bankrupt?
• Chicago Bankruptcy Professor Hired Obama
• Why not allow mortgage modifications in Chapter 7?
• Can Bankruptcy Help Save Your Home From Foreclosure?
• Bankruptcy and Foreclosure: The Basics in California
• Citigroup Breaks Promises and Raises Credit Card Rates
• San Diego Bankruptcies
• Is the Trustee Mean?
• Unusual Means Test Ruling Allows Chapter 7 Debtor to Receive a Discharge, Despite Failing the Means Test
• Bankruptcy Filings Up Over 30% In 2008- Can You Hear Me Now?
• 2009: The Coming Meltdown. Part Four: Consumer Credit
• What Happens To A Student Loan In Bankruptcy?
• Divorcing Couple with a Mountain of Debt
• 2005 Bankruptcy Law Linked to Causes of U.S. Mortgage Meltdown
• Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for Churches
• If I File Personal Bankruptcy What Happens To Corporate Debts I Personally Guaranteed?
• After Bankruptcy, What Should I Now Do With Chex Systems, Inc.?
• Student Loan Opinion From Missouri Bankruptcy Judge Federman.
• Citigroup Backs Mortgage Modification Bill . . . But Since When Do Banks Make The Laws?
• Keep your stuff through bankruptcy
• Remove That Mortgage Entirely: Yes, We Can
• How will your tax refund be treated in bankruptcy?
• 2009: The Coming Meltdown. Part Three–Mortgage/Real Estate
• Durbin Bill S.61 Does Not Go Far Enough To Protect Homeowners
• Helping Families Save Their Homes In Bankruptcy Act
• Trustees Can’t Compel Chapter 13 Debtors To Make Their Mortgage Payments Through The Plan.
• Obama Agenda for Home Loans
• Tell Congress to Amend Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code
• 2009: The Coming Meltdown. Part Two: Insurance
• What If My Employer Files Bankruptcy?
• 2009: The Coming Meltdown. Part One–The Auto Industry
• Bankuptcy Appeals Courts Start Electronic Filing
• 2009: The Coming Meltdown…
• Three Biggest Exceptions to Means Testing in Bankruptcy
• Utah State Law Library Cites BLN
• Chapter 11 Debtor in Possession
• Bankruptcy: An Acceptable Resolution For Financial Strife
• 7th Circuit’s Belcher Decision Sure To Spawn
• Seventh Circuit limits Illinois Homestead Exemption
• Thank You Readers for Top Blawg Ranking
• Practitioner Pointer! Best Buy claiming PMSI in consumer goods.
• Vote Bankruptcy Law Network Top 100 Blawg
• New Year’s Resolutions from a Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney
• Ten Reasons To Delay Filing Bankruptcy! Reason No. 1: Anticipated Medical Expenses
• Is Income Earned Prior To Bankruptcy But Paid After Included In The Means Test?
• Resolution For The New Year - Get Organized
• Legal Malpractice Claim is Property of the Bankruptcy Estate, Not the Debtor
• What Will My Life Be Like After I File Bankruptcy?
• What If My Favorite Retailer Files Chapter 11?
• Please Don’t Ask for Legal Advice Via Email
• When Should I Seek The Advice Of A Good Bankruptcy Attorney?
• Married in Bankruptcy: Do Joint Cases Have To Stay Joint?
• 6th Circuit on Chapter 13 Discharge
• Does Bankruptcy Wipe Out Drunk Driving Debts?
• Eastern District Of Louisiana Streamlines Procedure For Ex Parte Motions
• Reform Results: Desperate For Relief !!
• Should I Prepare and File my Chapter 7 Without a Lawyer?
• The Hardest Part Of Filing Bankruptcy
• “Projected Disposable Income” in Chapter 13 Cases: Rearview Mirror, or Crystal Ball?
• Private Student Loans
• Means Test Form Wrong For Marital Adjustment
• Ten Things I’d Change About BAPCPA-Part Seven
• Are Debtors Dishonest?
• Means Test Marital Adjustment
• Holiday Cookies: Some Good News for a Change
• In re Montanaro: The Fallout From In re Addison Continues
• Ten Things I’d Change About BAPCPA-Part Six
• 7th Circuit Allows Car Ownership Means Test Deduction
• Do I Really Need to File 60 Days of Pay Stubs When I File Bankruptcy?
• How Long After I File Bankruptcy Should My Rich Uncle Die?
• More Defaults in Loan Modifications
• Is Money I Give to My Mom for Safekeeping Protected if I File Bankruptcy?
• Mortgage Loan Contracts Must Specify Bankruptcy Attorneys Fees or Fees Disallowed from Proof of Claim
• Did Bankruptcy Reform Fail?
• Maine Bankruptcy Court Disallows Car Ownership Deduction
• What If I Wreck My Car While I’m In Chapter 13?
• Job Losses, Home Value Erosion Driving Up Middle Class Bankruptcies
• Chapter 13 Trustee For Eastern District of Louisiana Announces New Trustee Fee
• When is Unpaid Tuition a Nondischargeable Student Loan?
• Can Bankruptcy Court Bind Claims Against Debtor’s Insurer? U.S. Supreme Court to Decide in Asbestos Case
• Bank accounts and bankruptcy filing: avoid disaster
• Surprise! Bankruptcy Filings Up
• Do I Qualify to File Bankruptcy?
• Rescission and HOEPA Claims in Bankruptcy
• Who Are The Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees For the Eastern District of Louisiana?
• Real Estate Relief of Stay: New Requirements?
• Why Chapter 11? The Answer Has Always Been Jobs
• Why File Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• New Massachusetts Means Test Decision
• Schadenfreude Moment: GMAC May Go Bankrupt
• Renters Can be Victims of Foreclosure
• Discharging Income Taxes in Bankruptcy: Four of Four
• Bankruptcy Basics: 2 Kinds of Bankruptcy but 5 Chapters
• Exemption Planning After Addison
• How to Find a Credit Counseling Vendor Who Speaks Your Language
• A conservative argument for bankruptcy reform – Part 2 – Make student loans dischargeable
• Who Will File For Bankruptcy Next?
• Discharging Income Taxes in Bankruptcy: Three of Four
• Judge Federman Of the Western District Of Missouri Outlines Requirements For A Reaffirmation.
• A conservative argument for bankruptcy reform – Part 1 – The necessity of cramdown
• Is Bankruptcy Right For You?
• Trade-in loan balance, gap insurance, service contracts, fees not part of car loan purchase money security interest
• What is “Bankruptcy Fraud” and Are You at Risk?
• Small Business Bankruptcy: Many Are Like “Joe the Plumber”
• The trick to discharging credit card debt-Part Two
• A Foreclosure Fix That Won’t Cost Taxpayers a Dime
• New Bankruptcy Forms Effective December 1
• Discharging Income Taxes in Bankruptcy: Two of Four
• Court Issues New Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Discharge Eligibility Form
• Bally Fitness Is Not Fiscally Fit.
• Discharging Income Taxes in Bankruptcy: One of Four
• Bonuses and Means Test Income
• Bankruptcy Law Network Chosen by the ABA as a Top 100 Legal Blog
• Can Creditors Repossess Or Foreclose On Property After A Bankruptcy Is Discharged?
• Outstanding Payday Loans and Bankruptcy
• Creditor Requests for Tax Returns in Bankruptcy
• Social Security Benefits Not Exempt If Already Received, Minnesota Court Says
• Free Bankruptcy Basics Videos Launched by Courts
• Chapter 13 Payments Misapplied without Penalty
• Bankruptcy Judge for Chapter 13 Reform
• Senate Bill 3690 Proposed to Change Bankruptcy Laws to Help Homeowners.
• Tax Refunds, Actual Tax Expenses, and the Means Test
• Why Am I Still Getting Billed By My Mortgage Company After Bankruptcy?
• H.B. 7307: Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Home Mortgage Modification Bill Introduced
• Income “Derived” and “Received” for Means Test
• Giving Thanks - For Bankruptcy!
• I Filed Bankruptcy And Got A 1099 Do I Owe Tax?
• What am I thankful for? Let me count
• Motions to Abandon
• Where Do The Bankruptcy Notices Come From?
• Paid every 2 weeks is NOT the same as being paid twice a month!
• Another High Profile Bankruptcy Filing in Georgia - State School Superintendant Files Chapter 7
• Are House Payments Made Through A Chapter 13 Plan?
• Motions for Relief from The Automatic Stay: 30 Day Requirement
• Where bad information about bankruptcy comes from
• How Do I Get a Copy of My Credit Report? The Federal Trade Commission’s Recommendation
• Mortgage Modification in Bankruptcy May Soon Be Possible
• When Does the Automatic Stay Terminate
• How Do You Go Bankrupt?
• Wisconsin Bankruptcy Filings Up 38%, Judge Says More To Come
• The trick to discharging credit card debt
• Auto Makers Waste Funds While You Are On The Verge Of Bankruptcy.
• Bankruptcy “Exemption Planning”: In re Addison Makes It Easier
• Consumer Reports: Reform School (U.S. Economy)
• Bankruptcy Court, Debtor Ball Three
• In Rem Orders in Bankruptcy
• Connecticut Loses A Bankruptcy Judge
• $139.95? The Damages you are Entitled to against a Creditor that Published your Social Security Number to the World.
• Countrywide Sanctioned over $55,000.00 for Bankruptcy Abuses
• FTC Sues “Credit Repair” Firms for Misleading Consumers
• Borrowing Against Retirement: Using Your Future To Pay For Your Past
• Do I have to list the creditors in my bankruptcy that I am paying?
• 10th Circuit Weighs In on Projected Disposable Income
• Glossary: Chapter 7
• Plan for Credit Card Forgiveness Stumbles
• Federal Tax Liens and Personal Property in Bankruptcy
• When are Balloon Plans Permissable under BAPCPA?
• Evidence that the Median Income Tables Unfairly Push Working Poor into Chapter 13
• I filed bankruptcy several years ago and now I’m over my head in debt again. Can I file bankruptcy again?
• Glamour of an Ultra Rich Bankruptcy
• Top 5 End of Year Tips to Save Money
• Glossary: Bankruptcy Petition
• How Does My Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee Get Paid?
• I Want to File Bankruptcy but My Attorney Tells Me I Shouldn’t. I Don’t Understand.
• Bankruptcy Works, Doesn’t Mean You “Walk Away”
• Why Home Loans are not Reaffirmed
• IRS personnel feed flow of bankruptcy misinformation
• Glossary: Bankruptcy Estate
• President Elect Obama - Congratulations - Please Amend The Bankruptcy Code
• Will The Election Affect The Bankruptcy Laws?
• Six Bankruptcies to Save Home Not Scheme to Defraud
• Glossary: Automatic Stay
• Ten Things I’d Change About BAPCPA-Part Five
• KCK 13 Trustee Changes Payment Address
• Glossary: Avoidance
• A Corporation Will Not Protect You from the Trustee
• The Fox Guarding The Hen House: Who’s Keeping Mortgage Servicers In Check?
• What Does “Property Of The Estate” Mean?
• Student Loans: How to Pay Them in a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
• Tenants’ Rights When Landlord Files Bankruptcy
• How Does a Chapter 13 Work?
• What is Proper “Standing”?
• Three Years Later: The 2005 Bankruptcy Act No Clearer Than Before
• Where Can I Find The Bankruptcy Law?
• New Median Family Income Amounts Announced For Louisiana
• Appeals Court: 60-Month Plans Required for Above-Median Chapter 13 Debtors
• Is A Bankruptcy Lawyer or Judge Coming To A School Near You? The C.A.R.E. Program: What Is It?
• What Does My Chapter 13 Trustee Do With My Money?
• Ten Things I’d Change About BAPCPA-Part Four
• Bankruptcy’s Real World v. Bankruptcy Road Rules
• New Correspondence Address For Charlotte Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee
• Countries Teetering On The Brink Of Bankruptcy
• Upside Car Loans in Missouri, Part III
• Bankruptcy, foreclosure and suicide
• Is The Cash Value of My Life Insurance Policy Protected If I File Bankruptcy in New York State?
• Stripping Wholly Unsecured Junior Mortgages
• Ten Things I’d Change About BAPCPA-Part Three
• Using Bankruptcy To Remove a Second Lien On a House In The Eastern District Of California
• New Ohio Law Exempts Child and Earned Income Credit
• Activated Guards and Reservists Exempted from Bankruptcy Means Test if Eligibility Tests Met
• When can (or must) Postpetition Interest be Paid through a Plan?
• Treatment of Interest on Nondischargeable Debts
• Lorrie Morgan Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
• Trustee Waives Pre-Bankruptcy Counseling Requirements
• How Much Will My Chapter 13 Plan Payment Be?
• Will Circuit City be the First Retailer to Fall Under the Credit Crunch?
• Ten Things I’d Change About BAPCPA-Part Two
• Lack Of Insurance Can Result in Bankruptcy.
• Chapter 13 Conversion to Chapter 7: What Asset Values are used?
• The Mortgage Crisis: Upside Down And No Equity - Are Short Sales The Answer? What About Modification Of Mortgages In Bankrupcy?
• First Circuit BAP on Time Between Chapter 13 Discharges
• Bankruptcy Eligibility and Median Family Income
• McCain’s economic plan won’t stop foreclosures
• Undoing Preferences before a Bankrupcty
• Are More Individual Bankruptcies On The Way ?
• Automobile Accident Claims in Bankruptcy: The Often-Overlooked Federal Personal Injury Exemptions
• Mainstream media feeds bankruptcy misinformation
• Bankruptcy Is Not A Last Resort (Redux)
• Maine Bankruptcy Court Sanctions Credit Union for Stay Motion
• Criminal Prosecution Exception to Stay Ruled Absolute
• Must a Chapter 13 Debtor Report Property Received During the Case?
• Jealousy Leads To Bankruptcy.
• Credit Reports after Discharge: What Should be Reported?
• Separated Spouses With the Same Attorney
• Biden, McCain, Palin, Obama and Bankruptcy
• Biden Backs Bankruptcy Reform
• Discharged Debts Filed in Later Bankruptcy Cases
• A Better Offer for Wall Street
• What Does the Connecticut Debt Relief Agent Case Mean for Attorneys?
• Amending the Bankruptcy Schedules: Sometimes It’s Best to Say “No”
• Bankruptcy Automatic Stay Not Affected by Non-Dischargability
• Federal Court Strikes Down Bankruptcy Code Provisions
• Means Test on Old or High Mileage Cars
• Filing bankruptcy a point for life changes
• Teachers That Pass The Bankruptcy Means Test One Month, Might Fail The Next!
• Documenting Income in Bankruptcy for the Self Employed
• Tax Refunds in Chapter 13
• New Chapter 7 Trustee Due Diligence Documents: Southern District Of California
• Deadline: First Meeting of Creditors Means First Meeting
• How to “Fire” an Annoying Chapter 7 Trustee
• Property Of The Estate In A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
• Bounced A Check To Your Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee?
• Why Are Chapter 13 Debtors Not Allowed To Borrow?
• What Happens If I Fall Behind On My Mortgage Payments While I Am In a Chapter 13?
• America is Being Abandoned by Washington, D.C.
• IRS and Bankruptcy
• What Happens In A Chapter 13 If I Get Sick Or Lose My Job And Can’t Afford To Make My Plan Payments?
• Dear Congress: Homeowners Need Help, Too!
• Replacing a Bad Check Could Be ‘New Value’
• Can I sell My Home While I Am In A Chapter 13?
• What Happens If I Get a Large Amount Of Money While In A Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• Say No To The Bailout And Let The Financial Industry File Bankruptcy Part I
• Sign Language Interpreters for Deaf or Hearing Impaired Clients: It’s Worth the Expense
• Do I Have To Turn In My Income Tax Refund To The Chapter 13 Trustee Every Year that I Am In Bankruptcy?
• Can The RFDCPA Apply To Proof Of Claims?
• Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Basics Part III
• Attorney-Client Privilege in Bankruptcy Cases
• Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Basics Part II
• Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Basics, Part 1
• Is a Bankruptcy Lawyer Required to Investigate the Facts Contained in a Bankruptcy Petition?
• ALERT! Scam Targeted Towards Some Bankruptcy Debtors
• Shame In Filing Bankruptcy? Or Opportunity for Recovery?
• Can I claim the Florida wildcard exemption?
• Can I Amend My Exemptions After My Case is Filed?
• “Tougher Bankruptcy Laws Bite the Lenders”
• Don’t Always Believe What You Hear About Bankruptcy from Law Experts on the Radio
• Will My Retirement Account Be Taken In Bankruptcy?
• Word of the Day: Assets
• Who files bankruptcy
• Word of the Day: Arrearages
• NACBA, and Durham NC Attorney Ed Boltz, Work To Change Bankruptcy Legislation
• Short Sales: A Real Estate Disaster Waiting to Happen
• Ten Things I’d Change About BAPCPA-Part One
• Removing Cases To The Bankruptcy Court
• Word of the Day: Adversary Proceeding
• Fraud Prevents Bankruptcy Discharge
• Bankruptcy Filings Up Among Senior Citizens
• Commuting the Bankruptcy Death Sentence
• US Trustee Adopts New Bankruptcy Income Guidelines
• National City Bank Dismisses Lawsuit and Pays Attorney’s Fees
• Best Practices for Trustees and Mortgage Servicers in Chapter 13
• 8th Circuit Strikes New Bankruptcy Law As Unconstitutional
• The Misery Index reaches 11.3%
• Bankruptcy Can Stop Cancellation of Debt Tax
• Federal Appeals Court Upholds “Debt Relief Agency” Rules, But Strikes Down Rule Against Advising Clients To Incur More Debt
• Chapter 13 Lien Stripping: Effective At Confirmation
• New Procedure For Car Cramdowns? Southern District of California Bankruptcy Court
• AARP: 1.85 Million Americans Go Bankrupt Due To Medical Bills In One Year
• Can I, Can I Not, Take the Means Test Car Ownership Allowance When My Car Is Paid For?
• Chapter 13 Mortgage Lien Stripping Southern District of California Bankruptcy Court Decision.
• How Can I Decrease My Chapter 13 Plan Payments?
• Is Bankruptcy Reform Around the Corner?
• Will My Chapter 13 Plan Payment Increase If I Work Any Extra Hours?
• Primarily Business Debtors Exempt from Means Test
• Why You Should Tell Your Attorney Everything About Your Finances
• Bankruptcy Income Guidelines Change October 1
• Missing Assignment Voids Mortgage
• Confusion over Identity of Mortgage Holders causes Blight
• IRA Withdrawals Are Not “Income” in Bankruptcy
• Obama Calls for Bankruptcy Law Change
• Good News For California Tenants Whose Landlords Received Foreclosure.
• Bankruptcy Filings Nearing Million
• BAPCPA Doesn’t Protect Mobile Home Lenders
• I Am Going To File (Or Am In) Bankruptcy. Can I List My House For Sale?
• What Happens To A Foreclosure If You File Bankruptcy?
• When Is An Undue Hardship Not An Undue Hardship? When It Involves A Student Loan.
• Obama Biden & Bankruptcy What is really going on here?
• Do I Need To Disclose My Marijuana Stash To The Bankruptcy Court?
• I Don’t Want To Gain The Whole World And Lose My Soul. ©
• BAPCPA STILL Wasting My Time
• Using Chapter 7 to Stop a Mortgage Foreclosure
• I Got My Bankruptcy Discharge, Now When Will I Get My Final Decree?
• Bankruptcy Changes, Foreclosue Crisis
• Trustee Compensation - ND Illinois
• $13 Million Lottery Winner Goes to Prision After Tax Fraud and Bankruptcy
• Cram down in Florida is in trouble
• Tax Magazine On The Web
• Bankruptcy Courts Deny, And Allow, Car Ownership Deduction In Means Test For Fully Paid Vehicles
• Attorney Fees Get A Win In The Ninth Circuit
• Bad Faith in Chapter 13 Plan Payment Amounts
• Car Ownership Deduction Allowed for Fully Paid Car
• Joint Tax Refund Ownership in Bankruptcy
• Why Reaffirm When You Can Usually Get A Better Deal After Discharge?
• Underwater trade-in not protected claim in bankruptcy
• Why Has a Motion for Relief From Stay Been Filed Against Me by the Driver I Hit in a Recent Car Accident?
• Small Business Chapter 11
• Word Of The Week: Discharge
• Chapter 13, Kagenveama, And Great Chapter 13 Plans.
• Incorporating A Small Business On The Eve Of Bankruptcy
• Chapter 13: No Minimum Time Length For The Ninth Circuit: Part 2 of 2.
• Chapter 13: No Minimum Time Length For The Ninth Circuit: Part 1 of 2.
• Bankruptcy and the urge to conceal
• Mr. Bubbles Files Chapter 11.
• Filing Bankruptcy And Leaving The Country - Not So Fast!
• Trustee Objection? File a Response!
• Meeting Of Creditors or Rule 2004 Examination? Which Is Appropriate?
• Bankruptcy Trustees Sometimes Contact the Debtor, Bypassing the Lawyer
• Reaffirming a Mortgage: The Latest trap in the Reaffirmation World
• IRS Took My Stimulus.
• Bankruptcy Means Test: Costly and Really Pointless
• Cancel That Mortgage: Why Bankruptcy?
• Cancel That Mortgage: The Grounds
• Cancel That Mortgage!
• Bankruptcy reform costly but pointless
• New Massachusetts Homestead Decision
• Bankruptcy Reform, Looking Back
• Do Objections To Claims Need To Be Served Like Adversary Proceedings?
• Bankruptcy lawyers everywhere grateful for attorney Robert Wilbert
• Can A Disallowed Claim In Chapter 13 Resurface?
• Debt Scavenger Wants Attorney To Break Law In Bankruptcy Proceeding.
• Delay Your Bankruptcy Discharge By Making False Tax Return Statements
• Do Not Lie To The Bankruptcy Court!
• Short Tax Year Election In Bankruptcy Can Save The Day
• Will My Creditor Renegotiate My Debt If I Threaten To File For Bankruptcy?
• Failure to Claim Exemptions May Lead to Unnecessary Loss of Property
• How Does My Lawyer Decide When I File My Bankruptcy?
• Will The New California Foreclosure Law Provide Additional Time To The Foreclosure Process?
• How Do I Stop Creditor Harassment Prior to Filing My Bankruptcy Case In California?
• Bankruptcy Fees: Chapter 7 and Chapter 13
• Why Car Insurance Is Required When Filing For Bankruptcy.
• “Can You Show Me Which One Is My Lawyer?”
• Why We Need To Discuss Our Debts With Our Spouses?
• Two Tax Years For the Price of One
• What Can Go Wrong In A Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• Should My Spouse File Bankruptcy With Me?
• NACTT Academy Offers Chapter 13 Information Online
• Avoiding “Good Faith” Objections to Chapter 13 Plans
• I’m About to Move–Where Can I File Bankruptcy?
• Can I Shorten My Chapter 13 Plan Later?
• Which Exemptions Shall I Choose? There Are So Many Choices, Aren’t There?
• What Suze Orman Doesn’t Understand About Bankruptcy
• I Make More Than the Median Income. Can I File for Chapter 7?
• If A Partner Files Bankruptcy What Happens To The Partnership?
• Favorable Ruling For Debtors In Jones v. Wells Fargo Bank Upheld
• Surrendering a California Home in Bankruptcy. How Much Time? Part 2 of 2.
• Surrendering a California Home in Bankruptcy. How Much Time? Part 1 of 2.
• Can a Partnership File Bankruptcy?
• Obama and McCain’s Votes on Bankruptcy Amendments
• Time for A Bankruptcy Tuneup Due To Rising Food and Gas Prices?
• Barack Obama on BAPCPA
• If I Charge On My Credit Card And Don’t Make A Payment, Is This Fraud?
• National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Unveils New Bankruptcy Information Resource
• Is Bankruptcy The Same Everywhere? Part 2
• Northern District of New York Bankruptcy Judge Says Unsecured Creditors Must Get Paid Sooner In a Chapter 13
• Are Social Security And Other Exempt Funds Deposited In Bank Accounts Protected From Creditors? New York Makes Changes
• There Is Something Happening And You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You, Mr. Jones?
• How to Pay for Bankruptcy
• Three Things To Do When Filing Bankruptcy
• Is Administrative Discharge of Student Loans Available in Bankruptcy?
• Thoughts From The Lawyer’s Office Paralegal: Top Ten Don’ts
• You Are Responsible for Getting Payments to Your Chapter 13 on Time
• Gas Is Out Of Control, What Is The IRS Thinking?
• Bad Credit Hurts: Insurance, Jobs, Housing, Medical Treatment!
• Homeowners or Condominium Association Fees: Nondischargeable, But Maybe It’s Not a Problem
• Bankruptcy Sanctions and the Governments
• Bankruptcy Court Notices Are Not Junk Mail
• Top 5 Changes in Bankruptcy Laws
• Objecting to Claims: Standing 101
• Can I Support My College Age Children and Still File Chapter 7?
• Spendthrift Trusts in Bankruptcy: It’s a Question of State Law
• What is the Consumer Confidence Index?
• Tell Me Creditors Don’t Know When You File for Bankruptcy!
• Do Tax Debts Ever Expire?
• When Is A Violation Of The Bankruptcy Discharge NOT A Violation?
• What Name Do I Use In My Bankruptcy Petition?
• BLN Blogger Recognized for National Service
• Utility Shutoffs - Can Bankruptcy Stop Your Shutoff?
• Making Sure You List All Creditors In Your Bankruptcy Case.
• So Can I Strip My Second Lien After Filing For Chapter 7?
• What Is A Trustee?
• What Happens at a Bankruptcy Liquidation Sale?
• New Bankruptcy Law Hurts Car Lenders And Debtors Too
• 33 Don’ts for Preparing to File Bankruptcy - Part 3
• Foreclosure on Wheels
• When the Damage Is Done, Why Not Bankruptcy?
• 33 Don’ts for Preparing to File Bankruptcy - Part 2
• To File Bankruptcy, I Pay Money and Sign A Few Forms, Right?
• Massachusetts Decision: Car Ownership Allowance without a Loan or Lease
• Tackle the unfiled tax returns
• Massachusetts Decision Addressing Controversial Means Testing Issues
• “Debt Management Programs”―Better Than Bankruptcy?
• Same Sex Marriages and Bankruptcy: A Benefit
• Bogus Chapter 13 Mortgage Claims
• 33 Don’ts for Preparing to File Bankruptcy - Part 1
• The Worst That Can Happen In A Bankruptcy
• Housing Crisis Bankrupts Vallejo
• What Happens If I Didn’t Reaffirm My Car Loan In Bankruptcy And I Fall Behind?
• What Debts Survive My Bankruptcy?
• Obama vs. McCain on Bankruptcy
• How To Choose A Bankruptcy Attorney
• Economic Stimulus Check Seized to Pay Student Loans
• Confessions of a Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney
• Barack Obama on Bankruptcy/Credit Reform
• Gay Marriage Legal in California. Can Gay Couples Now File A Joint Petition?
• Car Loans, Reaffirmation Agreements and “Keep & Pay”
• 3 Years = No Car Payments, No Credit Cards Payments, Just 1 Debt: Your Mortgage
• Past income the correct measure of Chapter 13 payments
• Florida lawmakers say homeowners can’t have legal representation
• Cost Cutting Tips For Bankruptcy, Part I
• Discharging credit card debt
• 2008 NACBA Seminar CD Edition
• Can A Vehicle Lender Repossess My Vehicle If I Do Not Reaffirm the Loan in Bankruptcy?
• Don’t Give Property Away On The Eve Of Bankruptcy!
• Appeal Your Own Victory? Yes, Indeed!
• I Actually Dont Qualify For Chapter 13?
• Missouri, a non-judicial foreclosure state.
• “Liar Loans”—Who’s the Real Liar?
• Are Emotional Damages Recoverable When A Creditor Violates The Automatic Stay?
• What does it mean when the Trustee abandons property?
• What does feasibility of a Chapter 13 plan mean?
• What Are The Creditors Duties Once They Have Been Informed Of A Bankruptcy Filing- Part 3
• Bankruptcy: A State Specific Law?
• Who Are The Trustee’s In Your Neighborhood, Part VIII
• What Are The Creditors Duties Once They Have Been Informed Of A Bankruptcy Filing- Part 2
• What Are The Creditors Duties Once They Have Been Informed Of A Bankruptcy Filing?
• The Who, What, When, & Where of Bankruptcy Appeals
• Does It Matter If A Creditor Intended to Violate The Automatic Stay?
• Adjustable Mortgage Remedies in Massachusetts
• What Happens If I Am A Renter Filing Bankruptcy And My Landlord Is Trying To Evict Me?
• Surrendering Rental Property in Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
• Horror Stories Sometimes Wash Up In Bankruptcy court
• Co-Signed Car Loans
• Debt Settlement Agencies: For Most, a Trap to be Avoided
• BLN Blogger Robicsek Recognized by National Bankruptcy Attorneys Group
• What Is A Motion For Relief Of Stay: Chapter 7?
• Abstention or Remand: Factors to Consider
• What Can I Do If I Still Get Bills And Harassing Calls After I File My Bankruptcy?
• Massachusetts Post-Foreclosure Eviction Timeline
• Unrecorded Mortgages
• South Carolina Exemptions Updated (and Increased!)
• Is The American Dream Slipping Away? - Part 2
• Exemptions and Unknown Values
• Getting a Case Out of Bankruptcy Court
• Is The American Dream Slipping Away For Middle Class Families?
• More Americans choosing bankruptcy over poverty
• The Two Schedule J’s: How They Should Differ in Chapter 7 and 13
• Thank You Readers! Bankruptcy Law Network Passes 2000-Post Milestone
• Massachusetts Foreclosure Timeline
• Removing a Case to Bankruptcy Court
• NC Rep. Mel Watt: Don’t Use Credit Score In Figuring Car Premiums
• Chapter 13 Plan Provision Does Not Terminate the Automatic Stay
• Mechanics of Chapter 13-Part Three
• I Own My Vehicle Outright–Will I Lose It If I File Bankruptcy?
• How to Annoy the Trustee of Your Chapter 7 Case
• How Are Pawn Shop Loans Treated in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?
• Bankruptcy Will Remove Your Second Mortgage!
• NACBA Announces Future Seminars for Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
• When Is My Chapter 13 Payment Due?
• How Are Pawn Shop Loans Treated in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• How to Settle a 707(b) Abuse Motion the Easy Way
• My Attorney Removed A Claim In My Case And Now Its Back!
• When Do I Need To Leave My House If I Am In Foreclosure?
• Mechanics of Chapter 13-Part Two
• How to Settle an Objection to Exemptions the Easy Way
• Exemption Express Website Unveiled
• BAPCPA REQUIRED NOTICE NO. 3: Tell The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Truth
• Of Beauty Pageants and Price Shoppers
• Over Mileage Vehicle Leases in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13
• Credit counseling benefits the counselors
• BLN Blogger Elected NACBA Director
• I Have To File Bankruptcy: How Humiliating!
• New Ammunition Against Creditor Abuse After Bankruptcy
• Reducing First Mortgages in Chapter 13
• Gambling Losses Not Fraud In Ohio
• Is My Criminal Bond Money Property of the Bankruptcy Estate - Can the Bankruptcy Court or Trustee Take My Bond Money
• Mechanics of Chapter 13-Part One
• US Trustee to Resume Debtor Audits
• What is an Executory Contract?
• Temporary Resident of One State Wants to Know Where He Should File
• Rising prices give rise to chapter 13 plan modifications
• New Massachusetts Local Bankruptcy Rules Now Effective
• Bankruptcy Discharge and Arbitration:
• What To Expect At Your First Bankruptcy Appointment
• Is Reaffirmation of a Mortgage Required?
• Chapter 13 Still Discharges More Debts Than Chapter 7
• First Circuit B.A.P. Case: Reversing Fraudulent Transfers
• First Circuit case on Exemptions
• Do I Really Have to File a Credit Counseling Certificate When I File Bankruptcy?… And What Happens if I Don’t?
• Debtor Audits Start Again Monday
• “Step Plan” Puts Additional Responsibilites on Debtors
• Who Are The Trustees In Your Neighborhood, Part VII
• In re Draisey: 707(b) Motions Governed By Thirty Day Deadline, Minnesota Bankruptcy Court Says
• Case Invoking Doctrine of Marshaling
• Keeping Some Credit Cards Through Bankruptcy
• When Can I File Bankruptcy Again?
• $650,000 in Sanctions Imposed in Bankruptcy Case
• Federal Reserve Proposes New Rules to Limit Arbitrary Powers of Credit Card Issuers
• One in 56 Tennessee Households Filed for Bankruptcy
• Tangled Webs of Copper Meet in Bankruptcy Court
• Five Year Plan a Must For Small Business in 9th Circuit
• Some Student Loan Justice in St. Louis
• Six Trillion Dollars in Home Equity Gone
• No Bankruptcy Discharge if Unlisted Credit Cards
• I Get My Tax Refund in Bankruptcy, Right?
• Bankruptcy: When do I get my Property Back?
• What Is A “Medical Bankruptcy?”
• Massachusetts Homesteads Protect Children
• Bankruptcy laws are an American strength
• Bank Accounts: Some Things to Consider When Filing Personal Bankruptcy
• Can my bankruptcy discharge be revoked?
• Getting Credit Cards after Bankruptcy
• What is the Statement of Intention in a Chapter 7?
• Means Test Property Tax Arrears: Is Double Dipping Allowed on Lines 43 and 44?
• Can/Should I file blank bankruptcy forms and schedules?
• Emergency Bankruptcy Filings
• Public Access To Claims Now Denied!
• Maybe Ride-Through Will Relive?
• Can Filing Fees for Filing Bankruptcy Be Waived?
• Serial Filings by Debtor Without Lawyer End in No Discharge of Two Debts
• The Real Party in Interest and Motions for Relief From the Automatic Stay
• Can Property Be Sold During Bankruptcy After A Motion For Relief From Stay Has Been Allowed?
• Why Is the Stock Market Doing So Well While I’m Doing So Badly?
• Bankruptcy discharge and debts incurred by fraud
• Judge Hillman Says No to Balloon Plans in Massachusetts
• Can I Sell My House While I’m In Bankruptcy?
• Exemption in Proceeds of Sale of Exempt Property Upheld
• Jones v. Wells Fargo Scheduled For Oral Argument
• Massachusetts Means Testing Decision
• The Homestead Cap and the Transfer of Trust Property
• Equity Cushion Standard for Adequate Protection
• A Debtor Must List All Debts in Bankruptcy
• Sallie Mae Warns of “Train Wreck” in Student Loan Market
• The 2005 Bankruptcy Act: Bankruptcy Filings Are Increasing
• Bankruptcy: Don’t Represent Yourself!
• Don’t Charge Your Bankruptcy Fees
• Bankruptcy Filings Rise 38% in 2007: What Does That Mean For 2008
• Lawsuits and Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy and Charge-Offs
• Financial Crisis Spreads to Retailers
• If My Income Increases, Do I Have To Amend My Bankruptcy Petition?
• Just One More Time For the Record: Think Four Times!
• 180 Day Bar to Subsequent Bankruptcy Filing
• 10th Circuit Holds Chapter 13 Debtor has Standing to Sue on Behalf of Estate
• Means Test vs. Actual Expenses
• No Tax Stimulus Rebates To Spend If Filing For Bankruptcy?
• Proof of Social Security Number at Section 341 Meetings
• Exclusions from the Bankruptcy Estate: Education Savings Plans
• My Hearing Was Continued Since My Debt Dates Were Incorrect.
• CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE FEES
• George Will and the simple world
• Rescheduled Foreclosure Sales: Enough Is Enough!!
• Six Months of Paycheck Stubs: Is It Really a Requirement?
• Rental Subsidy Discrimination Award Not Discharged
• What is Cash Collateral?
• Paying Family Members Back Before a Bankruptcy
• Just One More Time For The Record: Think, Twice, Thrice, Many More Times Before You Ever Decide To Represent Yourself!
• Transferring Property Before Filing Bankruptcy, Without Being Paid For It: How to Fix the Problem, Part Two of Two
• Five Tricks & One Trap For the Bankruptcy Means Test
• Jones v. Wells Fargo Administrative Order 2008-1
• Transferring Property Before Filing Bankruptcy, Without Being Paid For It: How to Fix the Problem, Part One of Two
• Who Will Know About My Bankruptcy?
• Am I Responsible for Car Accident Damages in Excess of Insurance Coverage?
• Massachusetts Courts Split Hairs On Who May Seek Stay Relief
• New Massachusetts Law Creating 90-Day Right to Cure Default on Mortgage Loans
• Massachusetts Announces Creation of Regional Foreclosure Prevention Centers
• Listing Debts Owed to Relatives in a Bankruptcy Case
• Family Pets One More Victim of Foreclosure
• New Massachusetts Bankruptcy Web Site
• Teach Your Parents Well
• Debtor Can’t Afford Chapter 13 Payment - What are His Options?
• 722 Redemption: Saving Thousands on Secured Assets.
• Should I Reaffirm My Car In Southern California?
• A Bankruptcy Attorney’s Story: Catching Those Who Are Falling
• Paid a Relative Money Recently? Here’s How to Fix It!
• More on Mortgage Company Abuses
• Senate Has No Appetite to Help Homeowners
• Senate Says “No” To Help For Homeowners In Bankruptcy Court.
• Idea to Prevent Future Mortgage Fraud
• Mortgage Company Abuse of Bankruptcy Laws
• New Bankruptcy Laws: File By The End Of The Month or Start All Over! Part 2 of 2.
• New Bankruptcy Laws: File By The End Of The Month or Start All Over! Part 1 of 2.
• Bankruptcy And The Government’s Tax Stimulus
• Credit Counseling Comment Deadline
• Struggling homeowners find little cooperation from lenders
• Offer in compromise vs. bankruptcy
• How to Treat “Rent to Own” Accounts in a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
• Chapter 13 Trustees in Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico to double their fee in May!
• Credit Cards and Bankruptcy: Beware Recent Use
• Do I Really Need A Discharge?
• What Am I Required To Do In Order To File Bankruptcy?
• Am I Allowed to Refile My Chapter 13 Case?
• When Should I Assume A Lease In Bankruptcy?
• What Do Aloha Airlines And You Have In Common?
• Student Loan Zombie Debt
• Can I Take Out Credit Cards During My Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• Why I Will Not Respond to Every Question I Receive by e-Mail
• What Is A Discharge?
• How Do I Figure Out What My Monthly Expenses Are?
• Creditors Beware: Please Follow The Laws When Filing Bankruptcy Proof of Claims. PART 2 of 2
• Creditors Beware: Please Follow The Laws When Filing Bankruptcy Proof of Claims. PART 1 of 2
• The Bubble That Could Not Last, Who Will Pay, Who Will Be Bailed Out?
• Should I File a Proof of Claim For a Creditor Who Didn’t File a Claim?
• How Will a Judgment Affect My Real Property And What Can I Do About It?
• Seek Legal Advice Before Making Significant Financial or Lifestyle Changes
• Alice in Wonderland: 401(k) Withdrawals as Income?
• Truth in lending a lever against foreclosure
• How Do I Check My Credit?
• Property Valuation: How to Give Your Lawyer Accurate Estimates for Use in the Bankruptcy Papers
• A River Runs Through The Looking Glass Into The Means Test
• What Do I Do If…I’m Facing Foreclosure?
• What Do I Do If…I Can’t Pay A Lawyer To File Bankruptcy
• What Retirement Planning Tools Are Available to Me?
• Can I Lose My Job if I File for Bankruptcy?
• Drive Financial Services, L.P versus Jordan Affirms Use of Till Interest Rate
• My Husband (or Wife) is Filing a Bankruptcy…How Will It Affect My Retirement Contributions and Loans?
• My Husband (or Wife) is Filing a Bankruptcy…How Will It Affect My Ability to Pay For My Kid’s Education?
• Washington Post Says We Are Headed Towards A Boom In Bankruptcy Filings
• Can I Protect My LLC From Tax Debts If I File a Chapter 13?
• My Husband (or Wife) is Filing a Bankruptcy…How Will It Affect My Income & Expenses?
• Bankruptcy Filings Continue to Rise!
• What Are the Rights and Responsibilites of Chapter 13 Debtors and Their Attorneys After the Case is Filed?
• My Husband (or Wife) is Filing a Bankruptcy…How Will It Affect My Tax Returns?
• What are the Rights and Responsibilites of Chapter 13 Debtors and Their Attorneys Before The Case is Filed?
• My Husband (or Wife) is Filing a Bankruptcy…How Will It Affect My Personal Property?
• Exemptions Are Forever, Even Against Debts Which Survive Bankruptcy
• My Husband (or Wife) is Filing a Bankruptcy…How Will It Affect My Bank Account?
• My Husband (or Wife) is Filing a Bankruptcy…How Will It Affect My Real Property – Chapter 13
• Reform Bankruptcy Law or Bail Out the Big Boys?
• Bank Statements: Maybe You Can’t Be Required to Produce Them After All
• Why Saving Money Using A Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Doesn’t Save Money!
• My Husband (or Wife) is Filing a Bankruptcy…How Will It Affect My Real Property – Chapter 7
• Bankruptcy Hearings in the Southern District of California: Part II of II
• Bankruptcy Hearings in the Southern District of California: Part I of II
• My Husband (or Wife) is Filing a Bankruptcy…How Will It Affect Me?
• The One Thing I really Want Bankruptcy Clients To Do Is . . .
• What Form of ID Should I Bring to My Creditors Meeting?
• The One Thing I Really Want Bankruptcy Clients To Do Is…
• The One Thing I Really Want Bankruptcy Clients To Do Is …
• The One Thing I really Want Bankruptcy Clients To Do Is . .
• The One Thing I Really Want Bankruptcy Clients To Do Is …
• The One Thing I Really Want Bankruptcy Clients To Do Is….
• Student Loans: Maybe They Can Be Discharged After All
• The One Thing I Really Want Bankruptcy Clients to Do is….
• The One Thing I Really Want Bankruptcy Clients To Do Is …
• Bankruptcies soar in Florida
• Bankruptcy Liability Discharge: In Personam vs. In rem. PART II of II
• Bankruptcy Liability Discharge: In Personam vs. In rem. PART I of II
• Bankruptcy and the price of procrastination
• Lien Removal After Bankruptcy
• I Received A Discharge Of All My Debts, So Why Is There Still A Lien On My House?
• Bankruptcy Courts And The Mortgage Crisis: A Good Start
• But I Can’t Lose My Car!
• Can I Transfer Title of Vehicle that “Really Doesn’t Belong to Me?”
• The Trustee’s Office Moves to a New Location in Connecticut
• Chapter 13 payments explained
• Did You Hear The One About The Judge, The Fed Chairman And The Female Attorney From Arkansas
• Discharging Student Loans in Bankruptcy: It’s Worth Talking to Your Lawyer
• Connecticut Allows Car Expense Without Loan
• What Happens to Car Loan if Chapter 13 is Dismissed for Non-Payment?
• Depressed Debtor Denied Bankruptcy For Destroying Records
• Are The 2008 Rebate Checks An Asset?
• Who Are The Trustees In Your Neighborhood? Part VI
• Is Walking Away From Your House An Alternative To Bankruptcy?
• When Do I Know Its Right To File For Bankruptcy? 5 Top Reasons. Part II of II.
• When Do I Know Its Right To File For Bankruptcy? 5 Top Reasons. Part I of II.
• Who Are The Trustees In Your Neighborhood? Part V
• Protected Massachusetts Home Sold After Bankruptcy: Money Also Protected
• Senators compromise to allow bankruptcy judges to alter subprime loans
• Paralegal School Students Have Difficult Time Understanding Bankruptcy Law
• Opposition to Homeowner Assistance Gets Silly
• Is Owner Financing an Alternative to Foreclosure?
• Bankruptcy in Florida: Carmen Dellutri’s 2008 Predictions Part II
• Chapter 13 and House Mortgage: Curing a Delinquent Mortgage
• What Do I Do With Tax Refunds During My Chapter 13?
• What is Involved in Converting a Chapter 13 Case to Chapter 7?
• The “Special” Means Test Categories: What You Need To Know
• Student Loan Discharge Tragedy
• Short sales, foreclosures, & credit scores
• Senate to Vote This Week on S.2636: Bankruptcy Loan Modification for Distressed Home Mortgage Borrowers
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 15
• Giving Away Your Money Before Filing Bankruptcy and Lying on Your Paperwork May Land You In Jail
• Who is this Unknown Collector that Filed a Proof of Claim in my Bankruptcy?
• Will Bankruptcy Get My $15,000 Back?
• How Do I Get a Complicated Median Income Test Question Answered?
• Countrywide Goes Skiing While You Face Foreclosure
• Lenders Are Fighting Against Help For Homeowners In Bankruptcy
• You Owe, You Owe, It’s Off To Church I Go
• How Do You Know if Your Chapter 13 is Dismissed and Is there Anything You Can Do?
• Rescue Loans: Businesses Feel The Crunch
• Find tax deductions in Chapter 13 payments
• Bill To Protect Homes Via Change To Bankruptcy Laws
• Chapter 7 and House Mortgage: Reaffirmation of a Current Mortgage in Illinois
• Presto Chango The Rules Have Changed Again!
• Societal Norms and Social Stigma of Bankruptcy
• Who Is A Medically Distressed Debtor Under The Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act? Part I
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• What Happens to My Tax Rebate if I File Bankruptcy?
• What Is The 2008 Median Income For Louisiana?
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 14
• Fraudulent “Business Opportunities” Can Push You Into Bankruptcy
• Can Bankruptcy Result in Identity Theft? Part II of II
• Can Bankruptcy Result In Identity Theft? Part I of II
• Converting from Chapter 7 to Chapter 13
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 13
• “Legal Aid” Scam Victimizes Thousands Across the Country
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 12
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• Chapter 13 and House Mortgage: Surrender and Discharge in Illinois
• Lift Stay Motions in Chapter 13: Filing a Response Need Not Be Difficult
• I’m Still Being Collected Upon By A Discharged Debt. Now What?
• The Ninth Circuit BAP Has Ruled No More Ride Thru
• Can a Vehicle Lender Refuse to Reaffirm My Loan?
• What Is The Difference Between A Chapter 7 And A Chapter 13 For Consumers?
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 11
• How Does Redemption Work in Chapter 7
• American Home Bankruptcy: Consumers Still Can’t Catch a Break
• How Does Reaffirmation Work in Chapter 7?
• Congressional Amendment on Private Student Loans Deserves Support
• NACBA Lobby Day In Washington DC
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• The Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2008
• Post filing taxes can torpedo Chapter 13 case
• Tax Refunds in Bankruptcy - Don’t Spend Them Without Talking to Your Lawyer First!
• Consumers Can Still File Bankruptcy, Dallas Morning News Reports
• Green Chair of Truth–the 341 Meeting Chair
• Congress Could Save Your Home From Foreclosure
• Bankruptcy Crimes: Will we see more of this in the future?
• When Do I Need To Leave My House When Filing For Bankruptcy And Foreclosure. Part 2 of 2.
• When Do I Need To Leave My House When Filing For Bankruptcy And Foreclosure? Part 1 of 2
• Does Bankruptcy Cause Divorce?
• What Will They Ask Me at My Bankruptcy Hearing?
• Causes Of Bankruptcy: Snowballing Debt And Interest Charges
• Do I Need a Lawyer to File Bankruptcy?
• Reports of Soaring Bankruptcy Filing Numbers Hit the Front Page
• What Happens if I Fail to Complete a Financial Management Course
• When Your Chapter 13 Is Finished
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 10
• Why Don’t More “Money Experts” Suggest Chapter 13 To Save Your Home From Foreclosure?
• Mortgage Modification Bill: Mortgage Bankers Don’t Get It
• Can I Surrender an Expensive Car in My Chapter 13 - What Will Happen?
• Student Loan Payments Special Circumstance in Means Testing
• Can I Lose My Student Loan Money In My Bankruptcy Case?
• The “Drive More People Into Bankruptcy Act of 2005″?
• I Filed Chapter 13, But Noticed A Bankruptcy Fee On My Mortgage Statement!
• Why Do I Still Get Billed For My House I Surrendered In Bankruptcy?
• Region 20 U.S. Trustee Named
• Can I Change Lawyers In A Bankruptcy Case?
• Bankruptcy Means Test Income Allowances Change February 1
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 9
• Minnesota Bankruptcy Law: Self Employed Debtors Can Claim an Exemption for “Wages”
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• Will Filing for Bankruptcy Prevent Me From Opening a Checking Account?
• Filing Two Bankruptcy Cases Can Be A Smart Move
• Zombie Student Loans Arise From The Grave
• Landlord Security Deposits In Bankruptcy: Can the Trustee Take It?
• Bankruptcy and Divorce: What If I Just Paid My Divorce Lawyer?
• Who are the Trustees in your Neighborhood? Part IV
• Bankruptcy and the Timing of the Petition
• Debtor Audits Stopped
• Beware Of Advice From Non-Attorneys: What Are The Choices For Secured Debts In Bankruptcy?
• What is the Likelihood of a Dischargeability Challenge by a Credit Card Lender
• What If I Am Being Sued, But I Have To Wait To File My Bankruptcy?
• How Do I Track My Progress In My Chapter 13 Case?
• How to Remove Your Second Mortgage With a Very Simple Chapter 13 Plan Provision
• Preparing Your Chapter 13 Budget–Part Three
• If I File Chapter 7, Will I Get a Discharge?
• Contract for Deed Cancellation in Minnesota: Can Bankruptcy Stop It?
• Mortgage Foreclosures in Minnesota: How Does It Work?
• How hard is it to finance a car after bankruptcy?
• Bankruptcy can remove my Second Mortgage?
• Can My Business Corporation or Limited Liability Company File A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy? Part 1
• Can I Be Paying Someone Else’s Car Payment, And Still File Bankruptcy?
• Will My Ex-Spouse Have to Pay the Debts Discharged in My Bankruptcy?
• State must regulate brokers of sub prime mortgages
• Are debts incurred while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (DUI) dischargeable in bankruptcy?
• Seriously, will someone stop these foreclosures?
• Means test ownership deduction hits pothole
• Preparing Your Chapter 13 Budget–Part Two
• Second and Third Mortgages Mean You Have No Equity? The Benefits of a Chapter 13 Filing!
• How Do I Value My Home For Bankruptcy?
• Will Countrywide be Able to Defend Itself Against Serious Claims that it Attempted a Fraud in the Bankruptcy Court?
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• Should Non-Filing Spouse Retain Her Own Counsel in Husband’s Chapter 13?
• Can You Spot the Red Flags?
• Chapter 13 Rules and Procedures Vary from District to District
• Debit Card Paper Trail Could Come Back to Haunt You in Bankruptcy!
• Why file bankruptcy? ’cause you’re growing older
• Divorce and Bankruptcy: Should We File Together?
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• Can State Law Now Attack Proof of Claims?
• Don’t Mess With Taxes
• SDIL Judge Altenberger Turns Away Grim Reaper Trustee
• Am I Required to Reveal My Intention to File Bankruptcy in a Divorce Settlement Conference?
• Depressed About Your Financial Situation? Don’t Clean House!
• Debt Slavery is Everybody’s Problem
• Is Bankruptcy the Right Decision?
• Owe More Than Your Car is Worth?
• Think Twice Before Changing Title to Property
• Denial Of Social Security Often Leads To Bankruptcy
• How Do I Prove My Budget?
• Can I Really Get A Chapter 7 Discharge And Make A Million Dollars A Year?
• What is Property of the Estate When a Case Converts from Chapter 13 to Chapter 7?
• Bankruptcy In Florida: Carmen Dellutri’s 2008 Predictions Part I
• $500,000 Massachusetts Homestead Allowed Despite 1,215 Day Limitation
• If I Paid Off My Car, Will My Chapter 13 Plan Payment Decrease?
• Bankruptcy and the New Year
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• You Can’t Borrow Your Way Out Of Debt: Debt Management Programs
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• Children’s College Education At Risk If Parents Are Bankrupt
• Flexibility of Chapter 13 Plans
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• Winding up a failed business
• Upside Down Car Loans in Missouri Redux
• Home Loan Foreclosure No Longer a Tax Trap?
• Western MA Trustees and Meetings
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• Sub-Prime Crisis Leading to Recession
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• Who are the Trustees in your Neighborhood? Part III
• Embedded Giving: Another Hook for the Compulsive Shopper
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• What Do I Do If I Am Sued On A Credit Card Account?
• Bankruptcy, The Automatic Stay, and Student Loan Debt Collector’s Telephone Calls–Which One Doesn’t Belong?
• Can You Keep your Car in Bankruptcy?
• Today I Will Run My Own Race!
• Bankruptcy Reform and Interest Rates: Who Do You Believe?
• Perks of Employment Count as Income
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• Student Loan “Hardship Discharge” Very Unlikely
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• Who Are the Trustees in Your Neighborhood? Part II
• Ten Questions to Ask a Bankruptcy Attorney
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• Has Your Mortgage Company Lied to You, Your Attorney and the Bankruptcy Court?
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• If I File Bankruptcy in January, Will I Have to Give Back the Presents I Bought for Christmas?
• Changes to Bankruptcy Rules (Effective 12/1/07)
• Credit Card Debt Next Crisis?
• Who Are the Trustees in Your Neighborhood? Part I
• I am Thinking of a Number…
• Student Loans, The Next Financial Crisis!
• Authenticating the Means Test
• Don’t Skip The Mortgage For Christmas!
• New Bankruptcy Bill One Step Closer: Help May Be on the Way
• Get Your Money Back from Debt Settlement Scam Artists
• Guess What Santa’s Bringing Debtors for Christmas
• What is the Impact of My Personal Bankruptcy on My Small Business?
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 8
• Bush Subprime Mortgage Plan - Devil Is in the Details!
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 7
• A Chapter 13 Plan and an Adjustable Rate Mortgage
• Why should I care about the price of oil? Part II
• Why should I care about the price of oil? Part I.
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• Unemployment - what exactly does that mean? Part III
• Unemployment - what exactly does that mean? Part II
• Unemployment - what exactly does that mean? Part I
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• Delphi is struggling to find investors to allow them to emerge from Chapter 11. Part I
• Student Loan Resources Page
• What is a Notice of Transfer of Claim?
• Foreclosure Scams
• Reporting a Balance on a Credit Report after Bankruptcy Discharge Part II
• Sub-Prime Crisis Leading to Recession
• Car Accidents And Bankruptcy
• Mortgage Modification Plan: Temporary Relief Only If You Stay Current
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• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You Flunked It, Part 6
• How Much is Your Plan Payment in a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• Bankrupt for the Holidays: What Do You Do Now?
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 5
• Another Bankruptcy Law Reform Proposal
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• IRS drops interest rate for the first quarter of 2008
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• What Can I Expect At My Creditor’s Meeting?
• Just because you get your bankruptcy discharge doesn’t mean you get to keep it!
• Wrongful Motions to Lift Stay Are No Fun in the 9th Circuit
• Reasonable Response to Sub-Prime Crisis
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 4
• Credit Card Interest Rates
• What Is A “Motion To Lift The Automatic Stay” In Bankruptcy?
• Mortgage Servicer
• Bankruptcy In Florida: Renting Is A Crapshoot.
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 3
• Federal Trade Commission Devotes Website to Identity Theft
• Thankful for a way out of debt
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• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 2
• A Third Car Is Not A Luxury
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• ¿Habla Espanol? The Need for Spanish Interpreters in Bankruptcy Court
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• Find Your Local Bankruptcy Court
• Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Lawyers Should Assess Client’s Overall Well-Being, Not Just Their Finances
• Foreclosure and Crime
• Maryland Foreclosure Taskforce Report—Boon or Bust?
• Know Your Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Judge’s Judicial Practices and Procedures - Part Three: Western District of Pennsylvania
• Means Test: Don’t Give Up, Even If You Think You’ve Flunked It, Part 1
• Know Your Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Judge’s Judicial Practices and Procedures - Part Two: Middle District of Pennsylvania
• Don’t Sign Your Bankruptcy Petition Unless You Have Carefully Reviewed It First!
• Know Your Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Judge’s Judicial Practices and Procedures - Part One: Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Should I File Bankruptcy Now Or Wait Until After The Holidays?
• Do You Suffer from “Disappearing Cash” Syndrome?
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• Earned Income Credit Seized to Pay Student Loans
• Trading A Structured Settlement to “Get Cash Now” - Cousin to Predatory Lending?
• The Western District of Pennsylvania’s Bankruptcy Court Defends Captioning Rules
• Chapter 13: What If My Case Just Got Dismissed?
• Exemptions: What They Are, And Why They Matter
• In Pennsylvania, the Pre-BAPCPA Ride-Through Option Is Still Alive and Well Per State Law
• Mortgage Legislation: “Pointed” Questions For the ABI
• Challenge To The Constitutionality Of The New Bankruptcy Law
• Business Bankruptcy, Part 1
• Congress Should Adopt Mortgage Modification Bill Now
• What Is Zombie Debt and Why Is It a Problem?
• Does Mortgage Crisis Have its Roots in Bankruptcy Reform?
• Help! I’m a Consumer Owed Money by a Company That Filed Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy In Florida: Debt Collector Gets What Coming to Them.
• What Can I Do If My Car is Totaled During My Chapter 13?
• The Subprime Loan problem
• Has Your Mortgage Been Artificially Surcharged With Improper Junk Fees?
• Valuing assets in bankruptcy
• What The Mortgage Industry Does Not Want You To Know About Securitization
• Can A Small Business File Bankruptcy?
• How Reckless is Credit Card Marketing to College Students?
• How Should I Treat My Bankruptcy Lawyer?
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• Credit Counseling: You Can Do It Without Leaving Home!
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• How Do I Calculate My Household Size When I File Bankruptcy?
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• What Have the Bankruptcy Audits Found?
• Children’s Future Hostage to Student Loans
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• How do I Treat Income Taxes On the Means Test?
• But Filing Bankruptcy is So Embarrassing . . . What if My Friends Find Out?
• “Technically” Is A Word That Can Cause A Lot Of Trouble In Bankruptcy
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• What if an Audit of My Chapter 13 Case Finds a Material Misstatement?
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• What if an Audit of My Chapter 7 Case Finds a Material Misstatement?
• What Does Pay Outside the Plan Mean?
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• Surviving the Emotional Effects of a Bankruptcy Filing
• LIBOR and Adjustable Rate Mortgages
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• What is the Time Line For an Audit of My Bankruptcy Case?
• Attacking Families in Bankruptcy Court
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• Moody’s Economist Favors Bill for Home Mortgage Modification in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
• What To Do When You are being Foreclosed - Chapter 13
• The Exploding ARM
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• Bankruptcy Law in the Electronic Age
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• What Does the Audit Firm Do If My Bankruptcy Case is Chosen For Audit?
• Pennsylvania Department of Banking Foreclosure Report Spurs New Legislation
• Congress Urged to Adopt Bankruptcy Change to Save Homes
• Why is There Bankruptcy?
• Buying A New Car? Watch Out For Dealer Added Insurances! Part Two
• Bankruptcy & non-escrowed mortgage loan - Practitioner Tip
• Will My Bankruptcy Trustee Take My Burial Plot and Funeral Plan in Kansas?
• Deferral of Property Taxes in Texas
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• What Do I Do If My Bankruptcy Case is Chosen For An Audit?
• Additional Homestead Exemptions in Texas
• Refund of Force Placed Insurance Premiums
• Can I Take an Car “Ownership” Expense If I Don’t Have a Car Loan or Lease?
• Lender Force Placed Insurance - BAD!!!
• Resources for Consumers at the Pennsylvania Department of Banking
• Do You Have To Pay Medical Debt That Is More Than Six Months Old?
• Important Dates in Chapter 13 Cases – Part 6
• Do Mortgage Arrearages Get Paid Interest in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• Where Do I File Bankruptcy Near Houston, Texas?
• Debt Collector May Notify You When Collection Activity Stops
• New IRS allowances don’t go into effect for bankruptcy until 1/1/08…or are they already in effect?
• Bankruptcy and Student Loans: One Frustrating True Story (Part 3)
• Bankruptcy In Florida: Short Sales Are A Joke.
• Important Dates in Chapter 13 Cases – Part 5
• The Case of the Disappearing Lawyers: How Congress Got Rid of Some Really Good Bankruptcy Attorneys
• Minnesota Homestead Exemption: Increased to $300,000 and 160 Acres, or $750,000 for Farmers
• Countrywide’s Failure to Notify Debtor of Mortgage Escrow Account Deficiency Caused Deficiency to be Waived
• Buying A New Car? Watch Out For Dealer Added Insurances! Part One
• Debtors Must List All Property Wherever Situated on the Bankruptcy Schedules of Assets
• Bankruptcy In Florida: When Should I Surrender My Home?
• Hollywood’s Perception Of Debt Collection, Or How Hollywood Ignores Bankruptcy And Other Legal Help Available
• Connecticut Court creates Committee on Foreclosures
• Jones Versus Wells Fargo Addresses The Rights Of Debtors In Bankruptcy Part Six
• Countrywide Delinquencies Skyrocket…and the Worst is Yet to Come
• Important Dates in Chapter 13 Cases - Part 4
• Bankruptcy and Student Loans: One Frustrating True Story (Part 2)
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• What Bankruptcy Can And Can’t Do For Your Business
• Can I Include My Roommate in My Household Size?
• What Happens When a Chapter 13 Debtor Dies?
• Failed Mortgage Companies Are Dumping Your Files
• Update On Bankrupt Pennsylvania Mortgage Company That Affected Over 800 Consumers
• Bankruptcy and Student Loans: One Frustrating True Story (Part 1)
• Jones Versus Wells Fargo Addresses The Rights Of Debtors In Bankruptcy Part Five
• Your Bankruptcy Lawyer Is Your Friend!
• Pennsylvania Debtors May be Awarded Damages for Emotional Distress When a Creditor Violates the Discharge Order
• Is My Retirement Check Safe from the Bankruptcy Trustee in Kansas?
• Venue Limitations under the FDCPA
• Jones Versus Wells Fargo Addresses The Rights Of Debtors In Bankruptcy Part Four
• Massachusetts Tenancies by the Entireties and Bankruptcy
• Appointment of Bankruptcy Judges
• Important Dates in Chapter 13 Cases – Part 3
• U.S. Trustee Bankruptcy Information Sheet in Korean
• Where Do I File My Bankruptcy Case in Midland, Texas?
• High Income No Bar To Bankruptcy
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• Important Dates in Chapter 13 Cases – Part 2
• Important Dates in Chapter 13 Cases – Part 1
• Car Trade-In Before Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Related Organizations Part 7 – Local Bankruptcy Bar Associations
• U.S. Trustee Bankruptcy Information Sheet in Arabic
• Repossession Companies Liable under the FDCPA
• Where Do I File My Bankruptcy Case Near Brownsville or McAllen, Texas?
• Why I Recommend Chapter 13
• Is My Roommate Part of My Household?
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• Bankruptcy Related Organizations Part 6 – NCLC
• U.S. Trustee Bankruptcy Information Sheet in Chinese
• Automatic Dismissal in Asset Chapter 7 Cases
• Verification of Debts under the FDCPA
• Beware of Tax Loan Services (For Property Taxes) in Texas
• Bankruptcy Related Organizations Part 5 – NCBJ
• In Missouri, Grandchildren are Children Too!
• Who are the Chapter 12 and 13 Trustees in San Antonio, Texas?
• What Credit Counseling or Debt Management Plan Helps Consumers?
• Texas Homeowners in Foreclosure - Beware of Foreclosure Rescue Scheme!
• Bankruptcy Related Organizations Part 4 – ABI
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• U.S. Trustee Bankruptcy Information Sheet in French
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• Where Do I File My Bankruptcy in Laredo, Texas?
• Detroit Chapter 13 Trustees
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• Bankruptcy Related Organizations Part 3 – NACBA
• Bankruptcy Related Organizations Part 2 – NABT
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• MORE BANKRUPTCIES COMING!
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• Mortgages threaten retirement security
• Why You Should Not Rely On A Debt Management Plan Or Credit Counseling To Protect Your Credit.
• Jones Versus Wells Fargo Addresses The Rights Of Debtors In Bankruptcy Part Two
• Jones Versus Wells Fargo Addresses The Rights Of Debtors In Bankruptcy Part One
• Massachusetts Courts Disagree on Bankruptcy Law Superceding Specific Federal Consumer Protections
• U.S. Trustee Bankruptcy Information Sheet in Vietnamese
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• What to Do When You are Being Foreclosed - So You Want to Save Your Home
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• What is Supplementary Process In Massachusetts?
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• Escrow Account Basics - Part 3 - How Is It Calculated?
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• Homestead Limits: Foreclosure
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• What to Expect from Your Chapter 13 Trustee
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• Escrow Account Basics - Part 2
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• U.S. Trustee Bankruptcy Information Sheet in Spanish
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• Mortgage Crisis Penetrates American Conciousness
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• What is a VantageScore?
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• Why Did the Number of Bankruptcy Filings Greatly Decrease Immediately After BAPCPA and Why Are They Rapidly Increasing Now?
• BAPCPA The “New” Bankruptcy Law: A Mean Law
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• Ridiculous Trustee Objections - What Happened
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• BAPCPA is 2 years old today – Statistics from the Northern District of New York
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• Verbal Disputes and Credit Reports
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• BAPCPA: Two years of terror
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• BAPCPA, Two Years Old Today - Part One
• BAPCPA: Triumph of Politics Over Common Sense
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• What I Hate Most About the New Bankruptcy Law
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• Bankruptcy In Florida: Chapter 7 Two Years After The Reform
• Bankruptcy and Credit Unions: Part 4 – Your Options in a Chapter 13
• Sub-Prime Mortgage Securities Explained
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• Three Basic Rules for Credit Cards
• Living Trusts & Homestead Exemptions in Bankruptcy in Texas
• Who are the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees in the Northern District of New York - Albany Division?
• What is a Qualifying Student Loan?
• What is the difference between a nonjudicial foreclosure and a judicial foreclosure?
• What is a Garageman’s Lien?
• Reverse Mortgages
• Standing of Non-Debtors under 15 U.S.C. 1692d
• Means Test and Payments for Surrendered Home
• Does My Name Have to Go in the Newspaper When I File Bankruptcy in Kansas?
• Can I Pay Off My Chapter 13 Early?
• 10 Myths About Your Credit Report - Part 4: Credit Counseling Will Improve My Credit Score
• Who are the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees in the Northern District of New York - Syracuse Division in Syracuse?
• Debt Collection Harassment
• What’s In Your Mailbox?
• Can I File Bankruptcy on My Credit Cards? YES
• Bankruptcy and Credit Unions: Part 1 - What Happens to My Credit Union Account When I File Bankruptcy?
• What is a BPO?
• Professor Elizabeth Warren With Advice On Credit Cards
• What are the Elements of a Debtor’s Case for Violation of the Automatic Stay?
• 10 Myths About Your Credit Report - Part 3: Credit Repair Is Illegal
• New case from 9th Circuit: Beware of Form Plans in a Chapter 13
• Your Car - Reaffirm, Redeem or Surrender? - NOT!
• Trustee Can Sell MA Home Despite Tenancy By Entirety
• Why Is My Louisiana Homestead Exemption Lower In My Bankruptcy?
• Texas Personal Property Exemptions
• Bankrutpcy Research on the Internet - the Official Bankruptcy Clerk’s Site
• Where Is My Bankruptcy Meeting of Creditors Held in the District of South Carolina?
• Who Are the Chapter 7 Trustees For The Eugene Division of Oregon?
• What is a Due-on-Sale Clause?
• Reduce Your Tax Refund Loss in Bankruptcy Lawfully
• Women should take an active role in their finances
• Foreclosures Fall! Great News? Maybe Not…
• Douglas W. Neway is the new Chapter 13 Trustee in Jacksonville. Are you kidding me?
• Can I Make My Trustee Payment by Bank Draft?
• Who are the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees in the Northern District of New York - Utica Division in Utica?
• Debt Settlement Companies, Debt Negotiation, Debt Consolidation — Billed as Bankruptcy Alternatives, but Are They Really?
• Money for retirement
• Can Debt Collectors Call Your Cell Phone?
• Abandonment of a homestead in Texas
• What is a Pledge?
• What does it mean when my mortgage loan has been accelerated?
• Bankruptcy basics: What is a judgment lien?
• Non-Judicial Garnishments
• The Chapter 13 Process-Part 11
• What is a property tax lien?
• What is a mortgage lien?
• A house is not a piggy bank
• Bankruptcy Discharge Does Not Close The Case
• My 341 Has Passed: Will My Car Get Repossessed?
• What is considered a homestead in Texas?
• Who is the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee in the Northern District of New York - Albany Division?
• Bankruptcy Research on the Internet - Beware of Scraper Sites
• Western Pennsylvania Debtor Beats Chase
• Exemption Planning, Part 2: Selling an Asset Before Bankruptcy to Avoid Losing It
• What Happens to Homes After Foreclosure?
• What is a Mechanic’s Lien?
• Why Does My Trustee Payment Go to an Address in Another State?
• A Cavalier Attitude Towards Bankruptcy . . . By A Former Debtor (And Senator)
• Who are the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees in the Northern District of New York - Utica Division in Binghamton?
• What Does Hypothecation Mean?
• Procedure For Rescheduling A Missed 341 Meeting Of Creditors In The New Orleans Bankruptcy Court!
• Homestead Laws
• What Do I Need To Bring With Me To My 341 Meeting Of Creditors?
• Don’t Let Holiday Spending End In Bankruptcy
• Eastern District of Michigan Chapter 7 Panel Trustees
• Who Is the Chapter 13 Trustee for the New Orleans Bankruptcy Court?
• New Median Income and Means Test Numbers Go Into Effect on October 15, 2007
• Overdraft Accounts or Bounce Protection, Part One
• The Chapter 13 Process-Part 10
• Asset Values and Bankruptcy, Part 2
• 341 Creditor’s Meetings For The New Orleans Area Bankruptcy Court Are Moving!
• How Can I Get a Copy of My Bankruptcy Paperwork from 20 Years Ago?
• Can A Creditor Garnish My Wages AND Take My Money In The Bank?
• Who is the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee in the Northern District of New York - Utica and Syracuse Divisions?
• Horse & Buggy Is Not a ‘Vessel’
• Who Are The Chapter 7 Panel Trustees For The New Orleans Bankruptcy Court?
• Will the Bankruptcy Trustee Take My Child’s College Fund in Kansas?
• Help May Be on the Way to Victims of Mortgage Servicer Failure
• Mortgage “Cop” Marc Dann Pursues Credit Rating Agencies
• Former Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney Turned Ohio Attorney General Dubbed “Mortgage Cop”
• Top Ten Wastes of Time After BAPCPA
• What is the BAP?
• Exemption Planning, Part 1: Selling an Asset Before Bankruptcy to Avoid Losing It
• What Is Flipping, And How Can The Practice Increase My Risk of Having To File For Bankruptcy? Part Two.
• Where Is My Bankruptcy Meeting of Creditors Held in the Utica Division of the Northern District of New York?
• Post-Dated Checks in Debt Collection
• Who are the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustees for the Bankruptcy Court in Houston, Texas?
• Debt Collector Voice Mail Messages and Third Party Disclosure
• The Chapter 13 Process-Part 9
• Why I Don’t Have to Worry About Job Security
• Low Cost Or No Cost Bankruptcy Representation: Illegal Under The 2005 Bankruptcy Act? NO!
• Identification of Debt Collectors on Voice Mail Messages
• Asset Values and Bankruptcy, Part 1
• Who Are The Chapter 13 Panel Trustees For The Bankruptcy Court In Manhattan?
• Who Are The Chapter 13 Panel Trustees For The Bankruptcy Court In Brooklyn?
• Does It Matter What the Percentage Fee is for a Chapter 13 Trustee?
• Car Repossession Procedures in Massachusetts
• What are the Exemption Rules in Georgia?
• Can My Bankruptcy Lawyer Advise Me To Incur New Debts?
• Can I File Bankruptcy on a Holiday?
• Subprime Lender Washington Mutual Looks Carefully at the Disclosure Practices of its Brokers
• Acquisition of Location Information by Debt Collectors
• Debt Collector Calls to Payroll Departments and What is Reasonably Necessary to Effectuate a Postjudgment Judicial Remedy
• Debt Collector Contacts with Third Parties
• Who are the Chapter 7 Panel Trustees for the Bankruptcy Court in Houston?
• Filing for Bankruptcy From Outside the United States
• Superpriority Condo Fee Liens in Massachusetts
• What is a Lis Pendens?
• Where Is My Bankruptcy Meeting of Creditors Held in the Syracuse Division of the Northern District of New York?
• Can Postpetition Arrears Be Cured in an Amended Chapter 13 Plan?
• Be Careful About Your Bankruptcy Information Source!! The Truth About Attorneys And Bankruptcy Filing
• The Problem with FICO and Mortgages . . .
• Northern District of New York Gets a New Bankruptcy Court Division and a New Bankruptcy Court Judge
• What Is Flipping, And How Can The Practice Increase My Risk of Having To File For Bankruptcy? Part One.
• The Chapter 13 Process - Part 8
• When to Pull the Plug on Your Failing Business?
• After Bankruptcy: You And Your Credit Report
• Bankruptcy in Florida: Yes, you can surrender your car in Chapter 13.
• 10 Myths About Your Credit Report - Part 2: It’s Better to Pay My Balance In Full Than To Carry A Small Balance Each Month
• Who Are The Chapter 7 Panel Trustees For The Bankruptcy Court In Brooklyn?
• Does The New Bankruptcy Law Apply To A Converted Case?
• Popular Misconceptions and Myths About Bankruptcy
• I Got This Bankruptcy Information Off Of The Internet, So It Must Be True. Right?
• 10 Myths About Your Credit Report - Part 1: When You Pay Or Settle A Debt It Comes Off Your Credit Report
• When Is My Bankruptcy Case Filed?
• Be Careful About Information Source!! The Truth About What Happens When A Credit Card Company Comes After You If Ex Has Filed For Bankruptcy!
• Can I Keep Jewelry in Bankruptcy?
• Arbitration Clauses in Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Courts in Louisiana
• Can You Still File Chapter 7 If You Have A High Income?
• Will You Have To Wait Seven Years To Get A Loan After Bankruptcy?
• The Chapter 13 Process – Part 7
• Should You Use Personal Credit Cards to Prop Up a Struggling Business?
• Does Changing Your Name Get You Out Of Debt?
• Credit Inquiries, Credit Applications, and Credit Scores
• Freezing ARM Interest Rates Won’t Help Thousands in Foreclosure
• When Creditors Violate The Automatic Stay - Oops, They Did It Again
• Michigan Foreclosure: Mortgage Companies Changing Policy
• If I Can’t Pay My Bills, How Can I Afford to Pay My Bankruptcy Attorney - One Solution
• What Does Your Attorney Need For Your “Means Test” Analysis?
• If I Can’t Pay My Bills, How Can I Afford to Pay My Bankruptcy Attorney, Part Two
• Michigan Small Business, When Enough is Enough
• Bank Regulator Says Freeze Subprime Adjustable Rate Mortgage Interest Rates
• The Chapter 13 Process – Part 6
• Government Sues Debt Program
• What are “Liquidated” Debts for Purposes of Section 109(e)
• If I Can’t Pay My Bills, How Can I Afford to Pay My Bankruptcy Attorney?
• Who is a Family Farmer for Chapter 12 Bankruptcy?
• Specter’s “Homes Act:” A Smidgen of Help to Homeowners?
• Student Loans and Subprime Mortgages: The Resemblance is Multifaceted
• Congress Contemplating Tax Relief for Homeowners in Foreclosure
• How Do I Qualify for a Hardship Discharge of my Student Loan?
• Incorporation saves business in Chapter 7 bankruptcy
• My List of Top Ten Changes Wrought by BAPCPA
• Can I Sell Real Property While In Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• Bankruptcy’s Means Test and Special Circumstances
• The Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Bankruptcy) Has Decided that a University Violated the Automatic Stay by Failing to Provide Debtor with Copies of Her Transcript
• What is Chapter 12 Bankruptcy?
• What Do I Need to Bring With Me to My First Meeting At the Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Office?
• Bankruptcy’s Means Test and the New IRS Allowances
• Another Reason to Object to Claims in a Chapter 13 Case
• Proposed Change a “Tweak” or a Bit More?
• Summary of the Stop Unfair Practices in Credit Cards Act
• Beyond The Bar: Credit Counseling Problems Surface
• Consider Bankruptcy To Stop Foreclosure Before You Sign Up With A Mortgage Assistance Company
• Does My Car Lender Get Paid Interest During My Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in Topeka, Kansas?
• Two-Cycle Credit Card Billing — Yet Another Reason Not to Feel Sorry for the Credit Card Companies
• Practice Note: South Carolina Court Approves 524(i) Plan Language
• Judge, Please Deny My Reaffirmation Agreement.
• Chapter 13 Trustees Sink to New Level of Absurdity
• Bankruptcy, Over-Median Income, and the Means Test
• Bankruptcy Basics: Why Object To Claims Filed In A Chapter 13 Case?
• NC Rep. Mel Watt Takes On Insurance Link To Credit Scores
• Is a Criminal Complaint a Stay Violation?
• Was the Credit Industry Sincere in its Lobbying for Bankruptcy Reform?
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Is Full Disclosure?
• Does Debtor’s Prison Still Exist in the United States, and What is an Order of Capias?
• Don’t Wait To The Last Minute To Try To File Bankruptcy: More Problems With Mortgage Companies and Mortgage Assistance Companies
• Bankruptcy and Divorce Obligations
• Tell The Federal Reserve What You Think About Proposed Credit Card Rules
• Who is the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee in Kansas City, Kansas?
• How Long Can I Stay in My House if I Filed a Chapter 7 and Elected to Surrender My Home to the Mortgage Company?
• Well done bankruptcy schedules defeat IRS lien
• Reaffirmation Agreements: Attorney Signatures and Court Approval
• In the Western District of Pennsylvania, Debtors are Able to Track Their Plan Payments Online
• The Chapter 13 Process (Part 5)
• How Do I Determine How Much My Pet Is Worth?
• Fraudulent Financial Statement, But I Only Wrote What They Told Me Too (part two)
• Who is the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee in Topeka, Kansas?
• Predatory Lending Stops; Bankruptcy Filings May Double
• Car Reaffirmation Agreements in Missouri
• Confounding Credit Cards and Student Loans – Kickbacks and Late Fees
• Foreclosure Assistance Solutions’ Assets Frozen
• Kansas Attorney General to Investigate Mortgage Foreclosures
• Opt Out Of Pre-Approved Credit Card Offers
• How Could My Creditor Sue Me, I Filed Bankruptcy (part one)
• More on Nonviable Refinancing Options
• Man Sued By FIA Card Services In Bankruptcy Wins Major Victory
• College Cost Reduction Act of 2007, A Sad Disappointment!
• Consumer Alert: Netbank Accounts Moving To ING Bank
• Pre-Petition Claims For Consumer Law Violations Must Be Disclosed In Bankruptcy
• New Student Loan Law Provides Welcome Relief
• Report: Arbitration Stacks The Deck Against Consumers
• Do I Have to List that Credit Card I Recently Got on my Bankruptcy?
• Confusing Terms: Not Filed
• I Got My Discharge In Chapter 13 And Now I Have New Debts…What Do I Do?
• Valuing a car just got easier in the Middle District of Florida
• Will I have to appear in Court if I File for Bankruptcy?
• How Many Mortgages Are Being Rewritten?
• Bankruptcy And Countrywide Home Loans
• My Car Was Repossessed Three Years After I Reaffirmed it in a Chapter 7 - What are My Options?
• Bankruptcy Code Needs Tools to Fix Mortgage Mess
• How Late is Too Late to Stop a Foreclosure?
• Bankruptcy Basics: Why Would The Judge Deny My Discharge?
• What Should I Do if the IRS Takes my Tax Refund while I am in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy?
• I Got My Discharge in Chapter 7 And Now I Have More Debts…What Do I Do?
• The Chapter 13 Process (Part 4)
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Is An Adversary Proceeding?
• How Do I Get a Value for My Car to Put On my Bankruptcy Forms?
• Home Prices Down Again
• Bankruptcy In Florida: Removing A Judgment Lien
• What is Congress Doing To Protect Homeowners From The Mortgage Mess?
• Bankruptcy In Florida: Congress May Change the Bankruptcy Laws Again
• Do I Have To Pay Interest On My Unsecured Debt In Bankruptcy?
• Will a Kansas Bankruptcy Trustee Take My Work Tools?
• ACP:Temporal Measure or Math Problem? 8th Circuit BAP Weighs In
• Will the Trustee Object to My Bankruptcy if My Monthly Rent Exceeds the IRS Standards?
• What is Cancellation of Debt?
• Don’t Believe Everything You Read! Mail Solicitation Of Debtors In Bankruptcy.
• Why Dave Ramsey Hates Bankruptcy
• Will I Lose My Car if I File Bankruptcy in Kansas?
• How Long Do You Have To Live In A State To File Bankruptcy There?
• How Will the Bankruptcy Judge Know If I Don’t Tell the Truth?
• Payday Loan Wage Assignment: Just Say No!
• Waiting To File For Bankruptcy Until You Move Can Hurt You
• Financial Denial, Not Just a River in Egypt
• Who says pimpin’ ain’t easy? Colleges team up with banks to encourage student debt
• How Do I Know If I Should File Bankruptcy?
• Homestead Exemption in Bankruptcy – 9th Circuit Pitfalls
• Can Bankruptcy Help Get My Drivers License Back in Kansas?
• The Chapter 13 Process (Part 3)
• Life After Bankruptcy: A Small Business Owner’s View
• Will a Kansas Bankruptcy Trustee Take My Wedding Ring From Me?
• Does Married Debtor Filing Individually Need to Disclose His Wife’s Assets?
• Buyer Beware: Subprime Lending is not Dead
• Zero Income College Students With Credit Cards?
• “I Thought Bankruptcy Was a Coward’s Way Out, an Escape Hatch for Crooks and Cheaters”
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Is A Proof Of Claim?
• The Chapter 13 Process (Part 2)
• Predatory Lending Claims and Bankruptcy
• Will a Kansas Bankruptcy Trustee Come to My Home?
• Bankruptcy In Florida: What Is A Judgment Lien?
• Surrendering Cars in Ch. 13: Western Missouri Hints at Rejecting Nolan
• No Income, Can I Still Get a Credit Card?
• Will a Kansas Bankruptcy Trustee Take My Household Goods?
• Bankruptcy In Florida: Finding The Right Attorney Part II
• Bankruptcy v. Credit Counseling
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Is A Redemption?
• Can Bankruptcy Help Get My Drivers License Back?
• How Much Is the Kansas Homestead Exemption in Bankruptcy?
• Another reason to file Chapter 13
• Can I Include Recent Credit Card Debt in My Bankruptcy?
• Factors Leading To Bankruptcy: High Costs Of Housing
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Is An Exemption And Why Should You Care?
• The Chapter 13 Process (Part 1)
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Is A Reaffirmation Agreement?
• Mortgage Company v. Mortgage Company: You Lose
• My Mortgage Has ALS: Aurora Loan Services
• Why file business bankruptcy
• Getting Paid Mortgages Released in Missouri
• 20-20 Hindsight: Greenspan Acknowledges Missing Sub-Prime Threat
• Can I Use a Power of Attorney to File a Bankruptcy?
• Better Business Bureau and Foreclosure Rescue Firms
• Can I Still Pay My Debts If I File Bankruptcy?
• Making Mortgage Relief Work for You?
• Bankruptcy and Deceptive Lending Practices
• As Home Equity Credit Becomes Scarce, Credit Card Use Increases
• Credit Counseling and Debtor Education Requirements Are Changing For Parts of Louisiana and Mississippi.
• The Sabbatical Year and the Forgiveness of Debts
• How Much Can a Kansas Creditor Garnish My Wages?
• Can I Be Held Liable for My Late Fiance’s Debts?
• Consumers: Beware The Time Share! Part 3.
• Are Decisions by the Bankruptcy Appellate Panels or U.S. District Courts Binding on Bankruptcy Courts?
• What is a secured debt? Part 4 – judicial lien
• Bankruptcy Alternative Scams, Debt Consolidation?
• Bankruptcy Basics: Who Can Be A Debtor?
• Outrageous Credit Card Provisions
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Is A “Means Test” In Chapter 7?
• Bankruptcy may be good for your health
• “Do I Really Need to Tell the Judge About My Second Job?”—What the Court Needs to Know (and the Problems You Can Get Into If It Doesn’t)
• Bankruptcy Basics: Chapter 7–The New Rule Is 8 Years!
• Upside Down Car Loans In Missouri
• Chapter 15 and Bear Stearns
• Negative Amortization on My Mortgage?
• What Happens to a Car I Owe Money on if I File a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy? (Part 2)
• Can I Lose My Car if the Bank Screws Up? (Chapter 13)
• Chapter 15 Bankruptcy. CHAPTER 15???
• Term Objections in Chapter 13 Cases
• Can’t Pay Your Credit Cards? This May Be the Reason.
• What Happens to a Car I Owe Money on if I File a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy? (Part 1)
• Carnival of Everything Finance
• Are Credit Card Late Fees Unconstitutional?
• How to Succeed in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy by Paying Your Estimated Quarterly Income Taxes by the Pay Period
• Motions To Lift Stay When Payments Are Current
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Is Debtor Education (aka Financial Management Course)?
• Credit Meltdown Becoming A Popular Phenomena
• New Bankruptcy Trustee for Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico
• Bankruptcy Basics: Why Does a Debtor Have To Take Credit Counseling Before Filing Bankruptcy?
• Consumers: Beware The Time Share! Part Two.
• Worried About the “Means Test?” Take Care of Yourself First. (Part Two)
• Don’t be Afraid of Bankruptcy
• Can I Be Responsible For My Uncle’s Debts?
• How Do Bankruptcy Exemptions Work?
• Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: A Nonbailout Solution To the Mortgage Crisis?
• Does a Short Sale Make Sense?
• Federal Government Action to Prevent Foreclosures
• Federal Government: Complaints Against Debt Collectors Reach All-Time High
• What Is a Short Sale?
• Do You Need To File Chapter 11 Bankruptcy?
• Bankruptcy and Personal Injury Cases in Florida.
• Worried About the “Means Test?” Take Care of Yourself First. (Part One)
• Debtors Defeat Bankruptcy Trustee in Battle Over Tax Refunds
• Protection From Predatory Loan Servicing For The Debtor
• What is a secured debt? Part 3 – non-purchase money security interest
• When Is A 250% APR Loan Considered A Good Deal?
• Why Won’t The Bank Simply Take a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure?
• Talk of the Nation, August 20, 2007: The Aftermath of a Tumultuous Week on Wall Street
• Consumers: Beware The Time Share! Part One.
• Credit Cards Lending Not Badly Squeezed — Yet.
• Can Anything Be Done About Judgments in Georgia Bankruptcy Case Filings?
• How do I love Chapter 13? Let me count
• A Creditor Is Threatening To Put Me In Jail For Not Paying My Debt
• Tax Debt From Home Foreclosure - Another Reason To Look At Bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Does It Mean When Your Case Is Dismissed, Not Discharged?
• Why Are Debt Collectors Calling on Discharged Debts?
• Bankruptcy Basics: How Many Years Between Bankruptcies Now?
• What is Zombie Debt?
• Student Loan Servicers – Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?
• Does Your Lender Report Your Good Credit?
• Why Do I Have to Give an Attorney my Name and Social Security Number Before He/She Will See Me?
• Did You Pay a “Doc Fee” on Your Mortgage?
• Can I File a “Medical Bankruptcy”?
• Can I File Bankruptcy If I Am a Loser in the ARMs Race?
• What is the Brunner Test for Dischargeability of Student Loans?
• Buyback Agreements And The Troubled Homeowners
• Can I File Bankruptcy The Same Day I Complete Counseling?
• The Bankruptcy Meeting Of Creditors - Preparation Leads To Smooth Sailing
• How Long After I File Bankruptcy Before I Can Get Another Credit Card
• Can Credit Card Companies Raise My Rates For No Reason?
• What Happens If My Mortgage Company Goes Bankrupt?
• Five Years is a Long Time for Rice and Beans
• May An Individual Debtor Claim Two Ownership Expenses On Form 22C?
• Bankruptcy papers, not the court appearance, are the big deal
• Foreclosures Up 93% from July 2006 to July 2007
• Do I Have to Reveal My Expected Year End Bonus?
• Home Foreclosures Double in July; Chapter 13 Bankruptcy May Spell Relief
• Consider Credit Problems Before Transferring Property
• Bankruptcy reform gaining momentum in Congress!
• Is The Authorized User Of A Credit Card Responsible For The Bill?
• Where Can I Find Law To Support My Case?
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Does the UST (United States Trustee) Do?
• Foreclosure Without Bankruptcy
• How Do I Figure Out the Value of My Personal Property?
• Private or Government-Subsidized Student Loans?
• Before you file bankruptcy: change banks
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Does The Chapter 13 Trustee Do?
• How Does A Mortgage Lender Collect Reimbursable Expenses In Chapter 13?
• Bankruptcy Basics: What Is Confirmation Of A Plan?
• When Is It Alright To Give A Debt Reduction Company Your Bank Account Number?
• Pro Se Chapter 7 Debtor Risks Loss of Vehicle and Hostile Trustee - Is There a Solution?
• Are All Loans To Students Exempt From Discharge?
• Bankruptcy and Payday Advance Loans