California homeowners have new, powerful rights to stop a foreclosure sale and sell their homes themselves. The new law became effective January 1, 2025. When you’re faced with a foreclosure sale date and a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case won’t work, the CA legislature has created an opportunity for you to put off the foreclosure so […]
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Title Isn’t Everything: Watch Out For The Assets In Your Spouse’s Name
Your spouse's assets can get swept up in your bankruptcy when you live in California. Because, most likely, just holding an asset in the name of one spouse doesn't defeat the community property presumption. I saw it play out in a first meeting of … Read Full Article
Separate Finances Didn’t Protect Spouse From Financial Disaster
By keeping separate finances, this California couple thought they had insulated the wife from the financial woes of her entrepreneur husband. They didn't share bank accounts nor credit cards while she carefully kept her distance from his business dealings. … Read Full Article
Do I qualify for bankruptcy in the Bay Area?
The higher-than-average wages in the Bay Area don't disqualify you from bankruptcy, despite rampant misinformation about the bankruptcy means test. The means test, added to bankruptcy law in 2005, was (poorly) designed to keep above-average earners out of … Read Full Article
