Your bankruptcy discharge is more than a piece of paper. It’s a federal court order prohibiting action to collect the discharged debt from you. And it has teeth. When creditors ignore a federal court order, it has unpleasant consequences. Or should have consequences. So, my call to debtors is to stop being prey to unscrupulous debt collectors. […]
Bankruptcy Alphabet: O Is For Omitted
O stands for Omitted in my Bankruptcy Alphabet. Whether it’s creditors or assets that are left out, omissions can create trouble in a bankruptcy filing. So, O could also stand for Oops. When creditors are left out Omitted creditors usually create problems only for the person filing the bankruptcy. Bankruptcy works on notice, and, at […]
4 Easy Tips To Prepare For Bankruptcy And Beyond
Ready for life after bankruptcy? Even before your case is filed, you can start preparing for your life after bankruptcy. These four steps will probably make the bankruptcy case be smoother, too. Change banks Your money on deposit in “your” bank may not be solely yours. If you have a loan or other debt to your […]
What Happens If You Don’t Pay Your Debts
Overdue debts will not send you to jail. Please repeat: overdue debts will not get you jailed. Yet it is disturbing how many people fear that not paying their debts is criminal and might land them in jail. Relax: America abolished debtors’ prisons some 250 years ago. Can they put a lien on me? But jail is not […]
What Debts Were Discharged In My Bankruptcy?
After your bankruptcy, one of the hardest questions is figuring out just which debts were discharged. Eliminating debts was the whole point of filing bankruptcy. You’ve got a court order, but no list. You and your creditors understandably expect to find a single document telling them what debts are no longer enforceable and which survive the bankruptcy. No such […]
Get A Bankruptcy Discharge Even Without Making All Your Payments
You can get a Chapter 13 discharge even without making all the plan payments you promised. There are hoops to jump through and facts to marshal to get that discharge, but it’s possible. The Bankruptcy Code provides for a hardship discharge in Chapter 13 to those whose failure to complete their plan is due to circumstances […]
What Causes Bankruptcy?
I was playing in my head with a piece I was writing for consumers about the bankruptcy decision. I caught myself thinking about “whether the bankruptcy was caused by mortgage debt or ….” . And I hauled myself to a halt. How did the words “bankruptcy” and “cause” get linked in my head? In my […]
Bankruptcy Debtors Entitled To Monthly Mortgage Statements
Servicers must now send monthly mortgage statements to borrowers in bankruptcy under a new CFPB rule effective April, 2018. Thus ends, we hope, years of uncertainty and indifference, rooted in the automatic stay and a homeowner’s ongoing obligation on their mortgage after bankruptcy. The earlier version of the rule, adopted in 2014, allowed servicers […]
California Garnishment Now Provides Greater Protection Of Wages
Workers making close to the California minimum wage got additional protection from wage garnishments under a change in the law effective back in 2013. With the annual increases in the state minimum wage, in 2019 California law now protects an employee’s weekly net wages up to 40 times the state minimum wage, currently $11 to $12 […]
Bouncing Back From Bankruptcy: The To-Do List
Recovering from bankruptcy isn’t hard. You’ve hurdled the debt chasm and finished your bankruptcy case. There’s a fresh start ahead. But where do you start on that fresh start? Consider this to-do list for bouncing back from bankruptcy. Keep on keeping on Whether your bankruptcy case was a Chapter 7, over and done in months, or […]
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