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By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
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Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on Jun 7, 2009 in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Discharge of Debt, Featured | 1 Comment
If you stop making Chapter 13 payments and do nothing else, your bankruptcy case will be dismissed and the court will not enter a discharge order. This means you will lose the benefits of your bankruptcy and will no longer be protected from your creditors.
When your bankruptcy case was filed, the court entered a stay [...]
By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy AttorneycloseAuthor: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on Jun 6, 2009 in Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure | 0 Comments
Congress established the Office of the U. S. Trustee as part of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 to act on behalf of the executive branch and regulate or supervise certain aspects of the bankruptcy process.
According to the official website the US Trustee program consists of the Executive Office for U. S. Trustees (EOUST) located [...]
By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy AttorneycloseAuthor: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on May 17, 2009 in General Bankruptcy Information | 0 Comments
The bankruptcy court charges a fee of $274 for a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy and $299 for a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Credit counseling costs approximately $50 and it costs another $20 or so for the financial management course the debtor is required to take in order to qualify for a discharge. Then, there is the attorney [...]
By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy AttorneycloseAuthor: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on May 14, 2009 in Featured, General Bankruptcy Information | 0 Comments
The misleadingly named Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 created a dilemma for debtors with private student loan obligations. That act extended the undue hardship requirement for discharge in bankruptcy to private student loans without making available the Federal reduced payment plans that partially relieved burdens to lower-income debtors.
If the entire obligation [...]
By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy AttorneycloseAuthor: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on Feb 28, 2009 in Bankruptcy Cases & Legislation | 0 Comments
A website offering help over the internet in the form of software used to complete a bankruptcy filing is practicing law. Unless the website is run by a lawyer, its owner is violating the law by practicing without a license. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of In re Reynoso, 477 F.3d [...]
By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy AttorneycloseAuthor: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on Jan 20, 2009 in Bankruptcy Cases & Legislation | 1 Comment
The White House website has been updated to announce the Obama administration position on changes needed in the bankruptcy law. The administration promises to reform corporate bankruptcy laws to protect workers and retirees. Bankruptcy and credit card laws were included on the list of promised reforms.
The information posted by the incoming administration complains that banks [...]
By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy AttorneycloseAuthor: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on Jan 19, 2009 in California | 0 Comments
John Chiang, the chief financial official in California, has recently announced that California may not be able to pay billions of dollars in income tax refunds. It seems that the sunshine state is running out of money. Social service programs are going to take an immediate hit, as will student loans, tax refunds and other [...]
By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy AttorneycloseAuthor: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on Jan 18, 2009 in Bankruptcy Cases & Legislation | 1 Comment
Professor Douglas Baird, a bankruptcy law professor at the University of Chicago, asked Barack Obama to come to the Chicago law school and teach after he graduated from the Harvard University Law School. Baird solicited Obama for a teaching position when Omaba was still a student and president of the Harvard Law Review.
Obama told Baird he was [...]
By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy AttorneycloseAuthor: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on Jan 6, 2009 in Bankruptcy Cases & Legislation | 0 Comments
The Obama transition has clarified its position on the modification of home loans in bankruptcy. Obama and Biden are calling for a change in the bankruptcy code to allow modification of the terms of loans on the debtor’s primary residence.
With the recent introduction of legislation by Senator Dick Durbin to modify the bankruptcy code, this [...]
By Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy AttorneycloseAuthor: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Kent Anderson, Oregon Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: kent@kentandersonlaw.com
Site: http://eugenebankruptcylawyer.com
About: Admitted to practice in Oregon in 1978. Designated as a Consumer Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification. Graduated from the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Litigation Bootcamp and the Peter Barry Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Bootcamp. Member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. Years of experience in practice before the Internal Revenue Service and Oregon Department of Revenue has made me a valued referral source for accountants, tax preparers and other attorneys.See Authors Posts (75) on Dec 15, 2008 in Bankruptcy Cases & Legislation, Benefits of Bankruptcy | 0 Comments
Homeowners faced with foreclosure because of refinanced home loans with abusive terms can bring an adversary action in bankruptcy to rescind them if there are violations of the Federal Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or the Home Owner’s Equity Protection Act (HOEPA). They may also have claims under the Federal Real Estate Settlement and Practices Act [...]
