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Does Filing for Bankruptcy Keep Broken Leases Off Your Credit Report?
When you file for bankruptcy, you receive an automatic stay, which requires that any and all creditors stop contacting you in order to seek payment on debts. When you receive your bankruptcy discharge, all eligible debts included in the bankruptcy filing are no longer your liability. These are two of ...
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Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: Can it Save a Home from Foreclosure?
There are a lot of Americans who have, at one point or another, fallen behind on their mortgage payments. In some cases, the lender or mortgage company may consider working with the homeowner to work out a deal to catch up or get out of an upside down mortgage (i.e. ...
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Will Filing Bankruptcy Harm My Career?
For many people, a career is a major priority. Even for those who don’t love their jobs, the thought of not advancing is very distressing. Everyone wants to succeed at work even if only to maximize their earning potential. So many worry that when they file for bankruptcy it will ...
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Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Questions: Can I Keep My Car When I File?
One of the common reasons that people have for putting off filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy even though it is their only choice in their given financial situation, is that they want to keep their car. Most even go so far as to say that they NEED to keep their ...
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Does a Quit Claim Deed Provide Release from a Mortgage Note?
Being an adult is hard sometimes. And one of those times occurs when there’s a shortage of money, relationships have ended, property has been divided (theoretically) and someone is filing bankruptcy. In some cases, it can seem like you’re being pressured from all sides to do something that you don’t ...
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HOA’s and Bankruptcy: Past Due HOA Dues
The Homeowners’ Association: some love them, some hate them, some put up with them as a necessary evil. Regardless of how or why you ended up in a community that charges homeowners’ association dues or fees, they aren’t something to dismiss out of hand. In fact, ignoring the payment of ...
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Bankruptcy Schedules: How Much Do You Spend on Healthcare?
When it comes right down to it, most people don’t have any idea how much they spend on health care. When you’re filing for bankruptcy, one of the forms or schedules that must be completed is a budget. When the discussion of bankruptcy gets rolling, it’s hard to get very ...
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Bankruptcy Questions: Can an RV Be Protected During Bankruptcy?
The purpose of filing for bankruptcy is to obtain the protection it affords. The discharge of debt is meant as a relief for overwhelmed consumers when there are no other plausible solutions. It is not designed as a punishment or a consequence. It is designed as a solution. But in ...
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Bankruptcy Questions from Creditors
As a southern California bankruptcy attorney, I receive a lot of questions. Most are from people who want to file bankruptcy, just filed bankruptcy or filed years ago and are now wondering how it could affect their current situation. What we don’t usually get are questions from creditors regarding how ...
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