A hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Tuesday September 25, 2007 by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Comercial and Administrative Law to consider testimony on the topic, Hearing on Straightening Out the Mortgage Mess: How Can We Protect Home Ownership and Provide Relief to Consumers in Financial Distress? [...]
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If your bankruptcy case was filed in Kansas City, Kansas (not Missouri), your meeting of creditors (341 hearing) will be in the Robert Dole U.S. Courthouse located at 500 State Ave., Kansas City, KS 66101. The hearing will be in Room 173 in the west wing. Nonattorneys are not allowed to bring cell phones, computers [...]
As tax time approaches, some tax payers hesitate to file the return if they cannot enclose a check for the full amount of the tax due. They seem to fear that partial payment, or no payment, will bring down unpleasant consequences, so they “hide” by not filing the return. This is mistaken for several reasons. [...]
Delinquent debt is one of the hottest new “financial products”. Bad debt is bought and sold daily with little regard for whether the debtor has gotten a bankruptcy discharge. The buyer simply buys a data base of bad debt from a credit card company for pennies on the dollar and tries to collect. It’s called [...]
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coasts in August of 2005 and Hurricane Rita hit the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, it was suggested by many that the citizens of the Gulf Coast region should not be subject to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA). With [...]
Information appears on a credit report listed by personal data, by accounts, by public records and by inquiries. A furnisher, usually a creditor or debt buyer, reports information to the credit bureau as to the amount of debt, the payment history, and whether the person owing debt is solely responsible as an “Individual” owner of [...]
