So what happens to your security clearance if you file for bankruptcy protection?  Is it revoked? Will you be terminated from your job?  Will you be demoted?  Does your salary decrease?
While there are bankruptcy code provisions that regulate the public and private sector over discriminations in employment when one files for bankruptcy protection, most employers [...]

Clients who fail the bankruptcy “Means Test” and have to file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case look at me as though they have been given a death sentence.  I  reassure them that Chapter 13 bankruptcy is not the end of the world.
The fact of the matter is that they are almost always usually much better [...]

Bankruptcy Law Network member and author, Craig Andresen of Bloomington, Minnesota, has been named Member of the Month for October 2009 by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.
He is the tenth member of Bankruptcy Law Network to be recognized as member of the month for service to NACBA and the field of consumer bankruptcy [...]

If you have received a dismissal in your Chapter13 you should immediately be in touch with your bankruptcy lawyer to go over your options.
The dismissal mean you have not completed your Chapter 13 and the court has dismissed your case. You are almost back in the same situation as you were before you filed bankruptcy. [...]

A change in the Median Family Income used to determine eligibility to file a bankruptcy changes on November 1, 2009.
The Median Family Income for Louisiana beginning November 1, 2009 is as follows:
One Person:       $37,464.00
Two Persons:     $48,287.00
Three Persons:  $53,461.00
Four Persons:    $66,256.00
For each additional person in the household and additional $6,900.00 is allowed.

Sections 707(b)(2) and 1325(b) of the bankruptcy code allow a chapter 7 or chapter 13 debtor to claim an expense for charitable contributions, including tithing to a religious organization.  This has the possible effect of allowing a debtor to qualify more easily for chapter 7, or allowing a chapter 13 debtor to pay less money [...]

Be sure to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but, when it comes to advising your attorney about your financial picture.
When meeting or speaking with your attorney you will often be asked a number of questions. Each question asked by your attorney, is being asked because it is relevant to your bankruptcy case, [...]

There really are few reasons which are good enough to justify rescheduling a bankruptcy meeting of creditors (or section 341(a) meeting).  After all, the bankruptcy filing amounts to “making a federal case out of things,” and it just doesn’t seem right for the debtor to fail to make room in his or her schedule to [...]

Bankruptcy relief accomplishes three main goals: i) for the debtor, provides the necessary “breathing room” to propose a debt adjustment plan or reorganization plan; ii) for the debtor’s creditors, ensuring property of the estate (which includes wages earned post-petition) is distributed in accordance with priorities set forth under the Bankruptcy Code; and iii) preservation and [...]

If you are in a Chapter 13 Plan in the Eastern District of Louisiana, which is the Bankruptcy Court for the Greater New Orleans area, the mailing address for the mailing of your Chapter 13 Plan payments has changed.
You should now send your Chapter 13 Plan payments to:
S. J. Beaulieu, Jr., Chapter 13 Trustee, P.O. Box 113, [...]