The United States Attorney General has appointed Judy A. Robbins as the new United States Trustee for Region 7. The United States Trustee Program is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice that supervises the admistration of bankruptcy cases. Region 7 covers the Southern District of Texas and the Western District of Texas and has [...]
Pamela Stewart, Attorney at Law
As Chairperson of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) 2010 Fall Members-Only Workshop, I am really excited about this year’s event! It will be held November 5 and 6,2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  I believe we have created a fabulous Workshop to meet all levels of experience from the beginner to the advanced [...]
The debtor files a Chapter 13 and can’t afford to pay the amount necessary each month to make his plan payments. But the debtor does have some land that he can sell that will pay a substantial amount of his plan base. So what does the debtor do? He proposes small payments during the first [...]
One of the questions you will need to answer when you file your bankruptcy schedules is how much cash you have. This means how much cash you have in each and every bank account, savings account, money market account, buried somewhere, someone else is holding for you, that you have on your person, in your [...]
The simple answer is yes. Filing bankruptcy will stop the sale of the property – if filed before the time of the sale and the taxing entity is notified of the bankruptcy filing. If a person is substantially behind on his or her property taxes, he may want to file a Chapter 13 which gives the him [...]
