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  • April 2025 (9)
    • 25: Is It Too Late For Bankruptcy? (0)
    • 14: 4 Compelling Reasons To File The Tax Return Even If You Can’t Pay
    • 09: Avoid Paying Taxes On That 1099 Form, Legally (0)
    • 07: California Exemptions Increase for 2025
    • 07: Who Needs This Kind Of Help With Debts (0)
    • 05: 5 Lies About Bankruptcy That Enrich Creditors (0)
    • 05: Stop Making Quarterly Tax Payments & Stay Within The Law (0)
    • 05: Inclusion in Bankruptcy Doesn’t Equal “Discharged” (0)
    • 05: Your Tax Refund In The Crosshairs In Debt Collecting Season
  • March 2025 (6)
    • 29: Is This Really The Season For Credit Card Debt Forgiveness?
    • 12: What Is Really Scary About Debt Collectors (1)
    • 10: Bouncing Back From Bankruptcy (0)
    • 08: What Happens To Your Business in Bankruptcy
    • 01: Do You Qualify for Chapter 13: The Debt Limits
    • 01: Bankruptcy Alphabet: F is for First (15)
  • February 2025 (7)
    • 24: Why File Bankruptcy? It’s Your Life Expectancy
    • 24: What You Think About Chapter 13 Is Dead Wrong
    • 21: 7 Principles of California Community Property (0)
    • 12: Debt Settlement Is A Dud (0)
    • 09: The Tax Deductions That Hide In Chapter 13
    • 06: What Happens To Cash In Bankruptcy? (0)
    • 04: Planning For Bankruptcy: Keep Your Tax Refund (0)
  • January 2025 (8)
    • 30: Bankruptcy Discharge Slays IRS Form 1099
    • 29: Your Business Partnership Needs A Prenup (0)
    • 23: California Homestead Exemption: The Truth Isn’t What You Think
    • 11: The Essential Step To Get Your Day In Court (0)
    • 07: Your Tax Refund Is Exposed In Bankruptcy, Unless…
    • 03: Information is power….become more powerful
    • 03: Debt Can Kill You If You Let It
    • 02: How Long Does Bankruptcy Take? (0)
  • December 2024 (10)
    • 27: New California Homestead Numbers For 2025
    • 27: Bankruptcy Questions Have Few Quick Answers
    • 27: Resolve To Thrive In The New Year (0)
    • 27: The Secret Alternative To Bankruptcy
    • 19: Smoke, Mirrors, And Budgets: Are You Missing Where Your Money Goes (0)
    • 13: 5 Things To Do When You Have Been Sued (0)
    • 13: Don’t Fall For Your Mortgage Lender’s Insurance (0)
    • 13: TImeless Wisdom Doesn’t Apply When Filing Bankruptcy (1)
    • 04: Find The Right Cure for Your Debt Problems
    • 04: Got Tax Trouble? Don’t File Bankruptcy In December
  • November 2024 (6)
    • 23: Give More Than Thanks (0)
    • 13: Get Rid Of Liens On Your Home
    • 13: How Filing Bankruptcy Can Benefits Your Heirs (0)
    • 13: Can Debt Discharged In Bankruptcy Come Back To Haunt You? (0)
    • 13: Bankruptcy Alphabet: R is for Retirement (4)
    • 13: Should You Pay Your Creditors Rather Than File Bankruptcy? (0)
  • October 2024 (8)
    • 26: Get real information about what’s happening with your mortgage loan payments (0)
    • 26: Bankruptcy Changes Your Life, Only Not The Way You Think (2)
    • 25: What’s So Scary About Bankruptcy? (1)
    • 17: Disarm The Debt Collector: Understanding The Weapons of Debt Collection
    • 12: Which Spouse Is Liable For Debts In California
    • 12: Bankruptcy Alphabet: Z is for Zillion (3)
    • 02: Acing Bankruptcy’s Means Test For Those Over Median Income
    • 01: Better Credit After Bankruptcy: Does Reaffirming A Car Loan Help?
  • September 2024 (8)
    • 28: The Biggest Bankruptcy Mistake You Can Make
    • 28: California Extends Protection For Home Loan Borrowers (0)
    • 14: What looks bad to the trustee in prebankruptcy conduct
    • 14: Do I Have To File Bankruptcy Before There’s A Judgment? (0)
    • 14: Bankruptcy Discharge For One Spouse Yields Benefits For Non-filing Spouse
    • 14: How 13 Works To Save Your House From Foreclosure
    • 14: Danger In Delaying Division of Property In CA Divorce
    • 01: Laboring Over Bankruptcy Papers
  • August 2024 (10)
    • 27: California’s New Exemptions For Money In The Bank
    • 27: How Much Is My Chapter 13 Payment
    • 27: Personal Assets Can Be At Risk For Your Business Debts
    • 26: The Bankruptcy Problem Your Lawyer Can’t Fix (0)
    • 24: Skip Bankruptcy’s Means Test
    • 17: DYI Bankruptcy Did Him In (0)
    • 17: 10 Must-Know Things About Money Judgments
    • 03: 7 Keys To Keeping Your House: Chapter 13 After You File
    • 01: Don’t Let Your Bank Pick Your Pocket (0)
    • 01: Debt Actually Makes You Stupid (0)
  • July 2024 (6)
    • 31: Who Cares About Your Spending Before Bankruptcy?
    • 24: It Takes More Than Bankruptcy To Save Your House
    • 24: How to get copies of your bankruptcy papers
    • 20: California’s Good Deed: Passing Real Property At Death
    • 06: Means Test Expense Form 122A-2
    • 02: What Is The Bankruptcy Trustee Looking For
  • June 2024 (3)
    • 08: When Bankrupting The Business Doesn’t Protect The Owner
    • 07: Is Home Equity A Substitute For Retirement Savings
    • 07: Why Bankruptcy Means Test Is Paper Tiger In Bay Area
  • May 2024 (4)
    • 09: Bankruptcy Schedules Are More Than Just Paperwork
    • 09: Can You Get A Car Loan After Bankruptcy? (1)
    • 03: Bankruptcy Alternatives Cost More, Deliver Less (0)
    • 03: Inherited Homes Now Come With Full Measure Of Consumer Rights
  • April 2024 (6)
    • 18: Who To Pay After Bankruptcy
    • 18: Did You Tell The Whole Truth In Your Bankruptcy Papers? (0)
    • 18: Fear keeps folks from bankruptcy relief (0)
    • 13: Pay No Tax On Debt Discharged In Bankruptcy (3)
    • 05: How The Bankruptcy Liquidation Tests Really Work
    • 05: When Your Bank Account Is Seized: California Action Plan
  • March 2024 (3)
    • 11: Real-world Values for Assets Critical in Bankruptcy World
    • 08: What’s The Income Limit for Filing Bankruptcy
    • 06: Will recent credit card use sink my bankruptcy
  • February 2024 (5)
    • 21: What You Can Do With Money Before Filing Bankruptcy
    • 20: Will I Get a Discharge in My Bankruptcy Case
    • 15: California drivers score huge bankruptcy win
    • 09: What The Fool Got Wrong About Filing Bankruptcy
    • 03: The Tortoise Is The Mascot Of Retirement Savings (0)
  • January 2024 (9)
    • 23: Time Runs Out For Claiming A Tax Refund
    • 22: Everyone gets the $1M + bankruptcy exemption
    • 22: At Risk of Repossession? How To Keep The Car & Pay Less
    • 20: Don’t Tidy Up Before Seeing A Bankruptcy Lawyer (0)
    • 16: When Your Bankruptcy Discharge Doesn’t End Your Case (0)
    • 15: When The Lender Changes Its Tune After Chapter 13
    • 15: Can Your Creditor Get A Lien On You? (0)
    • 08: 10 Things Tax Professionals Need To Know About Bankruptcy (0)
    • 03: Discharge Taxes in Bankruptcy: Move Beyond the Myth
  • December 2023 (8)
    • 29: The Real Importance of Your Credit Score (1)
    • 21: Do You Get The Bankruptcy Grubstake Exemption? (1)
    • 20: In Debt? Plan For Holidays And A Better New Year (0)
    • 12: All I Want For Christmas Is A New Year And A Fresh Start
    • 11: Can You Rescue Your Business With Chapter 13
    • 08: How To Pick A Bankruptcy Lawyer
    • 04: Step By Step Guide To Business Shutdown
    • 02: Client “wants to think” before getting good bankruptcy information (1)
  • November 2023 (14)
    • 29: Debt settlement: how it really works (0)
    • 28: Life After Bankruptcy: What’s It Really Like?
    • 28: Bankruptcy Drives Credit Score Surprise
    • 28: Can You Be Sued After The Foreclosure (0)
    • 25: What You Keep In Chapter 13 (0)
    • 25: How One Family Settled Huge Debt For Pennies
    • 22: What A Bankruptcy Lawyer Is Thankful For (0)
    • 15: Deal With Your Taxes After Bankruptcy
    • 10: Title Isn’t Everything: Watch Out For The Assets In Your Spouse’s Name
    • 10: Bankruptcy Alphabet: H is for House (13)
    • 10: SBA Loans Collectible Long Past Business Failure
    • 10: Damaged Credit Heals (0)
    • 04: Two Strikes & You’re Out (Of Your Home)
    • 01: Why You Don’t Want A Bankruptcy Attorney To Fight For You (0)
  • October 2023 (11)
    • 26: 5 Essential Tips To Understand Your Mortgage Loan
    • 23: Bankruptcy Means Test: New Numbers, Little Impact For Bay Area
    • 22: When You’re Behind On Your Car Loan
    • 21: What Your Signature On Your Bankruptcy Papers Really Says (1)
    • 21: How To Pay For Bankruptcy When You’re Flat Broke
    • 21: The Judgment Lien That Escaped Your Bankruptcy (0)
    • 21: 5 Free Tools To Fight A Debt Collector (0)
    • 17: When Is The Time Right To File Bankruptcy
    • 09: How to fight back against EDD’s Form 1099G
    • 05: Debt Is Nothing To Shrug Off (0)
    • 03: Life And Death of Debt In California
  • September 2023 (5)
    • 28: What If You Ignore That Lawsuit Against You
    • 27: What You Left Out Of Your Bankruptcy Schedules (0)
    • 24: Save The House Even AFTER The Foreclosure Sale
    • 20: Do I qualify for bankruptcy in the Bay Area?
    • 20: When You Can’t Pay The EIDL Loan
  • August 2023 (2)
    • 20: You Keep Underwater Property in Bankruptcy (0)
    • 02: What Happens To Your Bank Account in Chapter 13
  • July 2023 (8)
    • 27: The Secret Bankruptcy Discharge For Community Property (0)
    • 27: Bankruptcy Can Rewrite The Divorce Property Division (0)
    • 27: Hold Or Fold? How To Decide If Filing Bankruptcy Is Right For You
    • 27: Vince Lombardi Is To Blame
    • 19: Considering Going Out Of Business?
    • 17: Be Prepared When You File Bankruptcy Without Your Spouse
    • 17: How Much Should You Pay To Get Out Of Debt? (0)
    • 17: Bankruptcy Filing Requires More Than Honesty
  • June 2023 (10)
    • 21: Rising From The Ashes Of Financial Disaster (0)
    • 15: Before You List Your Home For Sale: The Essential First Task
    • 15: What Happens To Liens In Bankruptcy?
    • 15: Do California Seniors Need to File Bankruptcy? (0)
    • 13: Who To Pay When There’s Not Enough Money To Go Around (0)
    • 09: Make Sure Your Mortgage Is Current At Bankruptcy’s End
    • 09: Which Debt Collector Threats Should You Be Afraid Of?
    • 07: What Everyone Knows About Bankruptcy: Not (3)
    • 03: The New Rules Of Asset Protection (0)
    • 01: When Is Individual Business Owner Liable for California Sales Tax
  • May 2023 (6)
    • 23: New California Homestead In Action
    • 17: The Kind of Person Who Files Bankruptcy (3)
    • 17: The Biggest Lie About Bankruptcy
    • 17: Your Right To Credit Reporting After Bankruptcy
    • 12: “Hold Harmless” Survives “To Have and To Hold”
    • 12: Dumbest Thing For Those In Debt (0)
  • April 2023 (1)
    • 11: More Californians Eligible For Expanded Pandemic Mortgage Relief Grants
  • March 2023 (6)
    • 18: Is There Life After Bankruptcy?
    • 15: What’s Your Retirement Theme Song?
    • 06: Find The Hidden Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction In Bankruptcy
    • 06: The Difference Between Good Bankruptcy Lawyer and Great Bankruptcy Lawyer (0)
    • 04: Pay Off Credit Cards Without Interest: Bankruptcy For The Solvent
    • 01: No House, No Discharge When Chapter 13 Goes Off Script
  • February 2023 (7)
    • 23: Going To Court In Your Bankruptcy Case (1)
    • 22: How Many Collection Calls Is Too Many
    • 08: Women win new protections in California exemption law
    • 07: Tax Deductions Hidden In Chapter 13 (4)
    • 07: Double Dipping On Retirement Savings
    • 03: No More Lawsuits On Old Debt In California
    • 02: When Can I File Bankruptcy Again
  • January 2023 (9)
    • 30: Getting Excused From Bankruptcy’s Means Test (0)
    • 28: Californians Can Now Keep Their Cars After Bankruptcy Without Reaffirmation
    • 27: Bankruptcy Busts Taxes If The Timing Is Right
    • 26: Has Your Social Security Number Been Suspended?
    • 14: Understand Bankruptcy Basics Before You Need Them
    • 14: Co Signers Put Themselves In Creditor’s Crosshairs
    • 14: All You Need To Know About Bankruptcy Stay & Pending Litigation
    • 13: We Live In An Economic House Of Cards
    • 13: Out of Luck If You Skip A Creditor?
  • December 2022 (10)
    • 30: Unicorns, Wookies, And Medical Bankruptcies
    • 29: Cheat Sheet For Passing Bankruptcy Means Test
    • 22: Cut Tax Penalties In Bankruptcy
    • 17: How Does Your Household Budget Measure Up?
    • 13: Whopping exemption for CA 529 college accounts
    • 13: The Real Money Rules Before Bankruptcy (0)
    • 05: The Worst Reason To Choose Debt Settlement Over Bankruptcy (0)
    • 03: Does Bankruptcy Bar Retirement Savings?
    • 02: Can You Spot The Signs Of A Collection Scam
    • 01: Bankruptcy Without A Discharge: Why Chapter 20 Works
  • November 2022 (7)
    • 17: Bail Yourself Out Of Payroll Tax Trouble
    • 15: The Thousands That Sat In Mortgage Suspense Account
    • 10: California Consumers Have Powerful Debt Collection Rights (0)
    • 10: Get A Voodoo Discharge Without Filing Bankruptcy
    • 09: What Should Bankruptcy Cost? (1)
    • 07: Your Vote, Your Voice
    • 01: Pay Your Debts Or Go To Jail? (0)
  • October 2022 (7)
    • 28: Stay At Home Doesn’t Mean Get Left Behind At Retirement
    • 19: When Your STBX Files Bankruptcy: An Action Plan
    • 19: California Bankruptcy Law Is All Our Own
    • 19: Separate Finances Doesn’t Protect Spouse From Financial Disaster
    • 18: Do You Need To Reaffirm Your Home Loan After Bankruptcy?
    • 11: Facing Foreclosure, You Need A Plan B
    • 09: Wage Garnishment Survival Guide (0)
  • September 2022 (8)
    • 23: Which Bankruptcy Chapter Is Right For Me?
    • 23: Does THIS Violate My Bankruptcy Discharge?
    • 20: The Unexpected Loss When Tax Returns Filed Late
    • 15: Six Tips For A Worry-Free Bankruptcy (0)
    • 12: What’s After Forbearance
    • 12: Who Files Bankruptcy In The Face Of Booming Bay Area Economy?
    • 07: What You Need To Know About Reaffirmation In Bankruptcy
    • 04: Three Reasons To Divorce Your Bank Before Bankruptcy (3)
  • August 2022 (9)
    • 22: It’s Who You Owe In Bankruptcy (0)
    • 19: Asset Protection For Free
    • 18: Can A Trust Protect You In Bankruptcy?
    • 12: Pay Down Debt Or Save? Which Should Come First
    • 12: How To Exclude A Debt From Your Bankruptcy Discharge
    • 07: Debt Collection Breakthrough Protection
    • 03: Five Ways To Bankruptcy Proof Your Divorce
    • 03: 7 Essentials For Better Results From Filing Bankruptcy
    • 03: Does My Bankruptcy Lawyer Need To Be From My City?
  • July 2022 (7)
    • 30: Are You Better Off With Bankruptcy? (0)
    • 28: Long Silent Second Mortgages: The Worrisome Truth
    • 28: Bankruptcy Alphabet: C is for Counseling (15)
    • 28: What Can Bankruptcy Do About Back Taxes
    • 23: Means Test Cheat Sheet 2: Taxes In Bankruptcy
    • 14: Pay Or Go To Jail Tops IRS List Of Tax Scams
    • 01: Know What You Really Owe: Your Mortgage Loan Rights
  • June 2022 (4)
    • 27: Speak Fluent Bankruptcy: Guide To Essential Bankruptcy Terms
    • 23: Surefire Steps To Avoid Bankruptcy (0)
    • 04: California Community Property Creates A Marital Threesome (0)
    • 04: What Does A Bankruptcy Lawyer Do For You
  • May 2022 (3)
    • 11: Dividing Debts At Divorce: What You Need To Know (0)
    • 10: Why Credit Cards Win Clash of Creditors (0)
    • 02: Protecting Your Co signor When You Can’t Pay
  • April 2022 (9)
    • 29: 4 Rules For Testifying At Your Bankruptcy Hearing (0)
    • 27: California Homestead Grows With Inflation: Calculating The Homestead Increase
    • 26: How You Can Collect From The Debt Collectors
    • 23: What To Disclose In Bankruptcy Papers (1)
    • 20: Bankruptcy And Divorce Collide: The Threatened Filing
    • 14: Bankruptcy and “Ruining your credit score” (0)
    • 14: New Bankruptcy Trends From An Old Hand
    • 10: What Happens To My Stuff In Different Bankruptcy Chapters
    • 07: When Giving Isn’t Good (0)
  • March 2022 (12)
    • 30: What happens in Vegas… (1)
    • 30: Are You Liable For Your Spouse’s Debts In California? (2)
    • 25: Tax Tips & Tidbits To Pay Less
    • 18: Jailed For Debt In The USA? (0)
    • 17: Scammers Spoof IRS To Get Your Info
    • 15: Bankruptcy Alphabet: B Is For Business (11)
    • 12: Is A Free Bankruptcy Consultation Worth It? (0)
    • 12: The Most Costly Community Property Blunder (0)
    • 12: 10 Tips To Help You Keep Your House
    • 12: The Secret Bankruptcy Exemptions (0)
    • 04: How to Screw Up Your Bankruptcy (287)
    • 03: Chapter 13 Fixes Tax Trouble
  • February 2022 (6)
    • 24: Mortgage Forbearance And The Hidden Gotcha: Escrow
    • 23: Annual IRA Contribution: Use It Or Lose It
    • 21: Will You Come Visit Me In Jail?
    • 16: SuperLawyer
    • 04: Consider The Clawback of Pre-bankruptcy Transfers Before Filing
    • 01: Does Your Corporation Really Protect You From Debt: A Checklist
  • January 2022 (2)
    • 15: The Truth About Tax Liens After Bankruptcy
    • 01: Ten Best Bankruptcy Gems In 2021
  • December 2021 (5)
    • 31: Top Ten New Bankruptcy Soapbox Posts of 2021
    • 21: Closing Up Shop
    • 14: 3 Things That Prevent You From Getting Out Of Debt
    • 11: Pay Off Credit Cards At Zero Percent
    • 11: No Foreclosure If Loan Modification In Process (0)
  • November 2021 (5)
    • 23: Family Lawyer’s Cheat Sheet to Bankruptcy
    • 18: Bankruptcy Is Not Your Last Resort
    • 15: Doing The Means Test Yourself (2)
    • 05: Bankruptcy Alphabet: K Is For Keep (8)
    • 01: California Courts Provide On Line Help (0)
  • October 2021 (3)
    • 22: Who Profits When Money Trouble Is Shameful? (0)
    • 16: Epedemic of DIY Chapter 13s to Stop Foreclosures End in Trajedy
    • 11: How To Write A Contract Without A Lawyer & Make It Stick (0)
  • September 2021 (4)
    • 28: Don’t Trust Anything Your Lender Says On The Phone
    • 25: Reduce Your Tax Hit By Filing Bankruptcy Rather Than Settling Debts
    • 11: The Causes of Bankruptcy Aren’t What You Think
    • 11: Chapter 13 Keeps You In Control
  • August 2021 (11)
    • 24: The Risks Of Filing Bankruptcy For Your Corporation
    • 24: California Stimulus Checks Available Only When You File Your Tax Return
    • 22: Credit Scores Trend Upward After Bankruptcy
    • 17: Stressed Families Can Take A Card From Trump Casino (0)
    • 17: When Can I File Bankruptcy Again (0)
    • 12: When You Can’t Make Your Chapter 13 Payments
    • 11: Your Bankruptcy Discharge Has Teeth: Bite Back
    • 08: Bankruptcy Alphabet: O Is For Omitted (3)
    • 08: 4 Easy Tips To Prepare For Bankruptcy And Beyond
    • 03: What Happens If You Don’t Pay Your Debts (0)
    • 03: What Debts Were Discharged In My Bankruptcy? (1)
  • July 2021 (4)
    • 29: Get A Bankruptcy Discharge Even Without Making All Your Payments
    • 24: What Causes Bankruptcy? (1)
    • 15: Bankruptcy Debtors Entitled To Monthly Mortgage Statements
    • 14: California Garnishment Now Provides Greater Protection Of Wages (0)
  • June 2021 (9)
    • 30: Bouncing Back From Bankruptcy: The To-Do List
    • 23: Sloppy Mortgage Servicers Prey On Borrowers
    • 23: What The Wild Things Teach Us About Bankruptcy (3)
    • 14: Bankruptcy Disclosure: Don’t Let Orange Be The New Black (1)
    • 13: Free Tax Preparation Offered In Bay Area
    • 13: Turned Down For A Bank Account? Fight Back
    • 07: What’s Included In Bankruptcy? (2)
    • 03: List It Or Lose It: Why It’s Critical To Tell All (0)
    • 01: Right To Support When Your Ex Files Bankruptcy
  • May 2021 (9)
    • 31: Debt Collectors Distort Law On Debts Of Spouses (0)
    • 30: Automatic Stay Has Exceptions: It Doesn’t Stop Everything
    • 29: What’s Wrong With Most Get-Out-Of-Debt Advice
    • 28: What’s Up After Tax Extension To File? (0)
    • 28: Bankruptcy Judge – Umpire In A Robe? (0)
    • 08: Bankruptcy Judge: The Phantom In Your Case
    • 07: What Goldilocks Knew About Tax Season
    • 07: Forgiveness Starts At Home (1)
    • 04: Chapter 13 Discharges HOA Debt
  • April 2021 (4)
    • 29: Debts To The Government: Can They Be Wiped Out (0)
    • 07: Can You Be Arrested For Not Paying Your Debts?
    • 07: What To Do When Served With A Collection Lawsuit (0)
    • 02: Get Annual Credit Report For Free (0)
  • March 2021 (7)
    • 27: How To Wipe Out Tax Penalties In Bankruptcy (0)
    • 23: Bank Account Safe From Credit Card Debt
    • 20: Debts You Can’t Wipe Out In Bankruptcy
    • 20: The Strange Rules When A Creditor Is Left Off Bankruptcy Schedules
    • 20: 10 Top Tricks Of The Lending Industry
    • 18: $7000 Off The Price Of The Car In Chapter 13
    • 03: Bankruptcy Alphabet: E is for Exemptions (24)
  • February 2021 (5)
    • 26: Time Running Out On Dynamite Business Reorganization Opportunity
    • 24: Free Bankruptcy Advice: 5 Reasons Why I’m Not Free
    • 19: High Income Earners Pass Bankruptcy’s Means Test (0)
    • 15: When You Can’t Pay Your Bills Because Of The Virus
    • 12: Chapter 13: Know Who Gets Paid First Under Your Plan (4)
  • January 2021 (9)
    • 29: Scofflaws Must Pay When They Violate The Stay
    • 27: Unfiled Tax Returns Are A Life Sentence (3)
    • 25: How Chapter 13 Cuts Car Loan Down To Size (0)
    • 25: Three Barriers To Getting Out Of Debt
    • 06: What’s New In Bankruptcy Law in 2021
    • 03: Is Bankruptcy In Your Future?
    • 02: California Only Middling In Protecting Families From Debt Collectors (0)
    • 02: What Your Bankruptcy Lawyer Can’t Tell You (0)
    • 02: California Gets New Homestead
  • December 2020 (5)
    • 23: Bankruptcy Alphabet: J For Justify (11)
    • 05: Six Rotten Excuses Not To File Bankruptcy (5)
    • 01: Bankruptcy Discharge vs. Dismissal (0)
    • 01: Feds Offer Deferral Option For Home Mortgage Payments
    • 01: Cutting The Car Loan Down To Size
  • November 2020 (5)
    • 28: Better To Live With Debts Than File Bankruptcy? (0)
    • 12: When Debt Collectors Won’t Stop, Despite Bankruptcy (0)
    • 10: Tax Liens Live On After Bankruptcy, Unless…. (0)
    • 10: Which Creditors Should You Really Fear? (0)
    • 03: Get A Deal On Your Car After Bankruptcy
  • October 2020 (5)
    • 26: The Most Powerful Debt Management Tool (0)
    • 18: 10 Things Every Attorney Should Know About Bankruptcy
    • 16: 10 Things Personal Finance Bloggers Need To Get Right About Bankruptcy
    • 16: California Homestead Works In Other States, Too
    • 04: Incorporating A Troubled Business: Work-around Or Worse? (1)
  • September 2020 (6)
    • 29: File bankruptcy tomorrow? (0)
    • 23: The Means Test: Badly Mangled (0)
    • 12: Ten Debts That Follow You After Bankruptcy
    • 11: How A Careless Bankruptcy Can Bite Your Family (0)
    • 10: The Easiest Business Loan In Town (0)
    • 02: Who Owns Your Business When You File Bankruptcy?
  • August 2020 (1)
    • 28: Mortgage Forbearance For Non-government Backed Loans
  • July 2020 (5)
    • 23: When Is The Right Time To File Bankruptcy (1)
    • 23: Who Gets Grannie’s Cash – Grannie Or The Bankruptcy Trustee?
    • 21: Debt Collector Threats: Which Ones Are Real?
    • 18: Marital Separation Doesn’t Require Two Homes
    • 16: Myth Of The Corporate Credit Card
  • June 2020 (4)
    • 24: New California Bankruptcy Exemptions
    • 18: Mortgage Payments During California Shelter-in-Place
    • 16: How Chapter 13 Saves You Money
    • 06: Chapter 13 To The Rescue In Ruinous Business Lawsuit
  • May 2020 (8)
    • 24: Financial Fundamentals: Credit v. Debit
    • 20: Bankruptcy Alphabet: A Is For Assume (15)
    • 20: No Rush To File Bankruptcy
    • 14: How Creditors Spread Fear Of Bankruptcy For Profit (0)
    • 08: Who Gets A Slice Of The Bankruptcy Pie?
    • 08: Why I Love Chapter 13
    • 08: California Renter Protections From Eviction: How To Qualify
    • 07: The Fate of Second Homes In Bankruptcy
  • April 2020 (5)
    • 30: Bills I Gotta Pay, But There’s A Pandemic Out There
    • 23: Reaffirm Your Car Loan: The Bankruptcy Fight You Hope To Lose
    • 22: You Can Make Debt Collectors Stop
    • 21: Home Mortgage Forbearance: Will It Save Your Home From Pandemic?
    • 02: Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Disrupted by Coronavirus
  • March 2020 (5)
    • 30: If You Can’t Make Your Car Payment During The Virus Shutdown
    • 25: IRS Pandemic Relief in Taxing Times
    • 17: Explaining The Increase In Monthly Mortgage Payments On Long Established Loans
    • 10: Bankruptcy Alphabet: Q is for Questions (4)
    • 03: Free Bankruptcy Advice: Consider The Source (3)
  • February 2020 (5)
    • 20: Incorporating Your Business Has Surprise Benefit (0)
    • 20: V Is For Value In Bankruptcy Alphabet (2)
    • 18: Keep Your Tax Refund Through Your Bankruptcy (0)
    • 10: Got A 1099? How To Avoid Paying More Tax (0)
    • 05: Old Tax Liability Discharged In Bankruptcy, If…. (0)
  • December 2019 (3)
    • 30: Best New Bankruptcy Insights Of 2019
    • 28: 2019 Reader Favorites From Bankruptcy Soapbox
    • 27: Retirement Nest Egg: Ostrich Egg Or Quail Egg?
  • November 2019 (3)
    • 09: The Parent School Loan
    • 08: The Foreclosure That Was Longer Than War & Peace
    • 01: How To Spend Money Before Filing Bankruptcy (0)
  • October 2019 (4)
    • 28: Bankruptcy Isn’t The Real Threat To Your Retirement Savings (0)
    • 25: Pay Off Credit Cards Without Interest And Be Debt Free (2)
    • 07: Five Tax Tips For Two Cents
    • 05: Do It Yourself Bankruptcy Software Is A Trap
  • September 2019 (2)
    • 26: How Consumer Remedies Were Gutted By Little- Noticed Tax Code Changes
    • 23: The Tax Deduction No One Tells You About (0)
  • August 2019 (4)
    • 24: Chapter 13 Dismissed After All Payments Are Made: Self Inflicted Wounds
    • 10: Collection Law Suits in California (1)
    • 01: Collection Suits and Court Dates (0)
    • 01: Why Even Rock Solid Marriages Need A Prenuptial Agreement
  • July 2019 (4)
    • 22: When $400 Emergency Pushes You Over The Edge
    • 18: Debt Buyers Barred From California Courts (0)
    • 13: Cheapskate’s Guide To Asset Protection
    • 05: What Small Business Needs From Government (0)
  • June 2019 (2)
    • 29: The Trouble With Your Social Security
    • 05: Ordinary Heroes Deliver Second Chances With Bankruptcy
  • May 2019 (4)
    • 09: Sign Your Corporation’s Name So You Aren’t On The Hook (0)
    • 07: Silicon Valley Horror Story: The Business Credit Card That Bit
    • 06: 5 Small Business Mistakes That Thwart Success
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In my Bankruptcy Alphabet, F is for First meeting of creditors. Lots of rumors exist about the that meeting; it produces unwarranted anxiety that is avoidable if you understand what's up. Let's check it out. The first meeting of creditors, also called the 341 meeting, is often the only time a debtor has to appear … Read more

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