Category Archives: chapter 7

Bankruptcy

Debtor’s can now strip second mortgages in Chapter 7 bankruptcy

For many years, it has been well set­tled law that a Debtor who owns real estate with more then one mort­gage, can file a Motion with the bank­ruptcy court to elim­i­nate or strip the sec­ond mort­gage or equity line from their prop­erty.  The prob­lem in doing this though is that it was just as well […]

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What happens at your Meeting of Creditors?

Once you file a chap­ter 7 or 13 con­sumer bank­ruptcy case, the court will sched­ule your Sec­tion 341, Meet­ing of Cred­i­tors. In most cases, this will be the only time you actu­ally have to attend a court pro­ce­dure. The good news is that this does not take place in a court room, but rather is […]

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You’re not alone; many famous people have filed bankruptcy

As one might expect, the stigma of bank­ruptcy often can stop a con­sumer from mak­ing the deci­sion to file bank­ruptcy. They feel like a fail­ure, or that they are reneg­ing on an oblig­a­tion. When I meet my clients for the first time, they often say to me, I have never not a paid […]

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Top 5 Questions about Bankruptcy

I often get asked the same ques­tions over and over by dif­fer­ent peo­ple, regard­ing what hap­pens in a bank­ruptcy. Here are my answers to the top 5 ques­tions
This video is intended for infor­ma­tional pur­poses only. For spe­cific legal advise con­sult with a…

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How to protect your tax refund from the Trustee

When some­one who is fac­ing finan­cial dif­fi­culty decides to file for bank­ruptcy there are many sec­ondary choices they must make.  They may be able to decide which chap­ter of bank­ruptcy they should file, Chap­ter 7 liq­ui­da­tion or Chap­ter 13 reor­ga­ni­za­tion.  The ten­ants of these deci­sions have been addressed pre­vi­ously in this […]