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		<title>Video:  6 Chapters of Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<title>When Does It Make Sense to Let the House Go?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re behind on your mortgage, and a foreclosure is threatened. You speak with a bankruptcy attorney, and are eligible for a Chapter 13, which will let you catch up on the payments and save the house. But should you?
I speak with clients every day in this situation, and one of the most important things I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I File a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of my clients come into my office already knowing what chapter of the Bankruptcy Code they want to file under. Others have no idea how they want to proceed. So which chapter is &#8220;best&#8221;?
The answer, of course, depends on the details of the case.
My general rule of thumb is that, unless there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t Make Your Mortgage Payments? Your Bank Doesn&#8217;t Mind&#8230;It Will Use Your House for Parties!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch out, if your $18 million home on the beach in Malibu is turned back to the bank&#8211;it might become a &#8220;Party House&#8221;.
This is what happened to victims of the Madoff pyramid scheme, who lost their home as a result. According to this article on AZCentral.com:
A Wells Fargo &#38; Co. executive who oversees foreclosed properties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Bankruptcy Lawyers &#8220;Debt Relief Agencies&#8221;? Soon, the Supreme Court Will Let Us Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Congress passed bankruptcy &#8220;reform&#8221; in 2005, it included provisions requiring consumer bankruptcy lawyers to call themselves &#8220;Debt Relief Agencies,&#8221; restricting the information we could provide our clients, and adding all sorts of disclosures and disclaimers that did little more than generate lots and lots of paper.
These provisions were challenged as unconstitutional by a Minnesota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Fast Can I File for Bankruptcy?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2009/09/01/how-fast-can-i-file-for-bankruptcy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automatic Stay In Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My wages are being garnished!&#8221;
&#8220;I have a foreclosure scheduled for tomorrow!&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re going to come and repossess my car tonight!&#8221;
As a bankruptcy attorney, I have heard all these, and more, as reasons why a potential client&#8217;s case needs to be filed TODAY. While bankruptcy attorneys may be able to file a bankruptcy case on an emergency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eviction After Foreclosure—Is There An Automatic Stay?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2009/08/28/eviction-after-foreclosure-is-there-an-automatic-stay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many clients face eviction from their homes after foreclosure. At first glance, even a bankruptcy filing might not help, since § 362(b)(22) states that there is no automatic stay of eviction where a pre-filing judgment for possession has been entered. Such clients are safe, however. The plain language of this section does not apply to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Converting From Chapter 13 to Chapter 7</title>
		<link>http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2009/08/22/converting-from-chapter-13-to-chapter-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Chapter 13 case is in trouble. The stay has been lifted on your house, or the plan payments are behind and the trustee is threatening to dismiss your case, or you&#8217;ve finally decided that the house isn&#8217;t worth the headaches you&#8217;re going through, and you just want out. What do you do?
One option is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can I Afford to Pay My Bankruptcy Attorney?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2009/08/19/how-can-i-afford-to-pay-my-bankruptcy-attorney/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2009/08/19/how-can-i-afford-to-pay-my-bankruptcy-attorney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How do you get paid?&#8221; is the question I&#8217;m asked most often at parties. After all, they say, if your clients don&#8217;t have any money, how can they pay you?
The answer depends on the details of a particular client&#8217;s case, but there are several ways I usually get paid.
1. You may have savings you haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader&#8217;s Digest Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization</title>
		<link>http://www.bankruptcylawnetwork.com/2009/08/18/readers-digest-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-reorganization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reader&#8217;s Digest, founded in 1922 and America&#8217;s best selling consumer magazine, said Monday that it would be filing for Chapter 11 reorganization.
From a high of 18 million copies a month in the 1970&#8217;s, subscriptions had declined to less than 9 million. Reader&#8217;s Digest, which will continue to publish, plans to use Chapter 11 to cut [...]]]></description>
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