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The Essential Step To Get Your Day In Court

By Cathy Moran

defending debt suit

When you’re sued on an old debt, it’s easy to imagine appearing in court to tell the judge your side of the story. You imagine the judge considering your argument and challenging the other side to prove otherwise. It’s a comforting image, but it will never happen if you haven’t taken the first step in […]

Filed Under: Consumer Rights Tagged With: collection, court, lawsuit, sued

Collection Suits and Court Dates

By Cathy Moran

Those in financial difficulty are frequently not operating at their peak.  I know that. But for the life of me, I can’t understand how the recipient of a summons and complaint from a California court can read the papers and absorb only that they have a “court date”. Arghhh! How California lawsuit works The basic […]

Filed Under: Strictly California Tagged With: sued

Bankruptcy Basics

About The Soapbox

You’ve arrived at the Bankruptcy Soapbox, a resource of bankruptcy information and consumer law.

Soapbox is a companion site to Bankruptcy in Brief, where I try to be largely explanatory and even handed (Note I said “try”).

Here, I allow myself to tell stories and express strong opinions. We dig deeper into how to consider bankruptcy and navigate a bankruptcy case.

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Bankruptcy specialists for individuals and small businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area

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How Long Does Bankruptcy Take?

Every client filing bankruptcy asks that question: how long will bankruptcy take? Probably, the real question is "when will this be over?" Like so many questions in the law, the answer is "it depends." From filing bankruptcy to discharge In a Chapter 7, filing to discharge is about four months;  in … Read more

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