by Craig Andresen, Minneapolis, MN, Bankruptcy Attorney
Most persons with debt problems are, at least intially, highly resistant to the idea of filing for bankruptcy. Filing chapter 7 or chapter 13 is often viewed as taking the easy way out, or looked at as a good way to ruin one’s future credit rating, or as a moral failing best to be avoided. [...]
by Adrian Lapas, Eastern North Carolina Bankruptcy Attorney
Recently, I had cause to go back to re-visit some of the provisions in the Bankruptcy Code relating to when a discharge is entered. Since this is the start of a New Year, perhaps a review of some basics is in order. For a chapter 7 case, the operable statute is 11 U.S.C. § 727. [...]
