You’re a first time employee. Congratulations. Welcome to the world of tax forms, withholding, and tax deadlines. Taxes are the price we pay for civilization, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes. In fact, the first day on your new job you’ll be presented with an IRS form w-4. It’s like a rite of passage into adulthood. Even families […]
Are You Stuck With The Lawyer Who Filed Your Bankruptcy Case?
Your bankruptcy case is filed. It’s not going as smoothly as you expected. In fact, you’re worried you’re going under. Can you change bankruptcy lawyers after your case is filed? Certainly, you can always fire your lawyer. It may be disruptive. It will certainly cost more money. To decide you need to know So, how […]
Your Creditors Lie In Wait For Your Kids
Is your legacy to your kids an encounter with your unpaid creditors? Debt problems for those over 65 may not be problems for the elder at all. Income and assets are largely protected by law from creditors. But that doesn’t trouble creditors: they’ll simply wait and get their money from your kids. Seniors enjoy protection […]
How Your Property Gets Sold In Your Partner’s Bankruptcy
It isn’t just marriage that can get you roped in to a bankruptcy case that isn’t your own. Own community property and a bankruptcy filing by your spouse or your soon-to-be ex can drag you into a bankruptcy court. But the issue is broader: joint ownership of any kind of asset in any state, community […]
Who’s Afraid Of Bankruptcy’s 90 Day Rule
Most folks considering bankruptcy know about the 90 day rule in bankruptcy. They’ve talked to friends or read on the internet. When they get to a bankruptcy lawyer’s office, they’re eager to tell me they know about the rule, though sometimes they have questions about just how it works. Which is all very interesting, except that […]
20 Years Of Bankruptcy In Brief
Twenty years ago this month, Soapbox’s parent website, Bankruptcy In Brief, went live with four pages of basic bankruptcy information. My law partner quietly thought writing about law for the internet was off base. My lawyer colleagues thought I was giving away the store. I persisted (which wasn’t then a catch phrase) because I was […]
Bankruptcy Alphabet: T is for Tension
In my bankruptcy alphabet, T stands for Tension. I’m not talking so much about the tension the person filing bankruptcy feels, though that is real and not to be discounted. I’m talking about the tension in the law that balances the interests of creditors with the interests of debtors. Bankruptcy law in the US recognizes […]
My Wildly Biased Choices For Best Posts Of 2017
Readers got their say earlier when I showcased the 10 most popular new posts on Bankruptcy Soapbox for 2017; now it’s my turn to spotlight the best bankruptcy advice of the year. In my opinion. They were posts that touched subjects important to me and, hopefully, important and useful to you. How Bankruptcy Changes Your […]
Best Of 2017: Reader Favorites On Bankruptcy Soapbox
I tallied up reader favorites from the 2017 posts on Bankruptcy Soapbox. The balloting is a bit unfair, since the fall and winter posts haven’t had the same exposure that posts from earlier in the year. But take note: the runner up is only about 8 weeks old. Your favorites, in reverse order: 10. Making […]
How Avoiding Probate Ended Up In Bankruptcy
Do it yourself seems so industrious and self reliant. And we’ve been bombarded with books, speeches and courses on the evils of probate. So, I guess it should be no surprise when people try DIY schemes to both avoid probate and avoid lawyers who create probate-avoiding trusts. Yet they forget an unavoidable truth: the transfer […]
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