Category Archives: Bankruptcy
Find the information you need on bankruptcy filing including Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Filing for bankruptcy can be a difficult decision in life, but it can sometimes be a necessary step to making progress with your debt situation. Our articles about bankruptcy has helpful information to help you get informed on various issues regarding bankruptcy. Although our articles are informative, the articles should in no way be taken as legal advice. Legal advice can come from our attorney who can be reached at 855 257-7671.
Filing Bankruptcy During Shutdown: What You Need to Know
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How Are the Bankruptcy Courts Operating? Covid-19 has halted, slowed, or changed things we depended on in the past, but the process of filing a consumer Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy has become manageable and simple with the new options that courts and bankruptcy trustees have made available. Filing bankruptcies with the courts is Continue Reading
Gymboree Declares Bankruptcy
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Gymboree, the well-known children’s apparel store, has filed for bankruptcy on 6/11/2017. The bankruptcy filing is Gymboree’s strategic move to restructure their debt. Gymboree plans to continue to operate the business as it restructures. There are a few lessons to learn about debt and how to manage overwhelming debt when large companies file for bankruptcy. Continue Reading
Is It Too Late To File Bankrupt?
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Are You Out of Time? You’ve given up on paying your debt and balances are piling up with penalties and legal fees. At this point, you don’t see any hope in finding a solution to the debt, but you do have a business prospect coming very soon. There could be a significant amount of money Continue Reading
Paying Student Loans With Other Debt
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Off the cuff, it might sound like a good idea to pay off a debt that cannot be discharged in a bankruptcy with another new debt that can be discharged in a bankruptcy, and then plan to file a bankruptcy to discharge the debt. Could you devise a plan like this just to avoid paying Continue Reading
Chapter 7 Requirements
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When considering a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you may wonder what information you need to provide to get a Chapter 7 filed. Maybe you haven’t kept good files or records of your finances. You might imagine that the required paperwork could be too much for you to handle. The surprising fact is that the Chapter 7 Continue Reading
The Worst Bankruptcy Advice We’ve Ever Heard
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We are experts at providing bankruptcy advice, but we’ve also heard our fair share of advice that has been given to people from other sources. Here’s a collection of them for your amusement. Bad Bankruptcy Advice 1. Bankruptcy will ruin your credit Filing a bankruptcy does impact your credit score, but, if you are looking Continue Reading
Bankruptcy Filings Are Up for 2017
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The Central District of California reports that Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings have increased in the first quarter of 2017. The Central District includes San Luis Obispo County, Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, and Riverside County. Over the months of January, February, and March, Chapter Continue Reading
Can A Creditor Object To A Discharge?
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Creditors Can Fight Bankruptcy When a chapter 7 or chapter 13 bankruptcy is filed, does the debtor, the one who filed for bankruptcy, have an absolute right to a discharge of all the debts? Is a discharge of debt an automatic event that happens after a bankruptcy is filed? Unfortunately for the debtor, the creditor Continue Reading
US Bankruptcy Court Recommends Using an Attorney
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If you’ve never been in court or have never dealt with any legal issues, a formal legal process for anything can be intimidating. There are a lot of complicated procedures to follow and you may feel powerless to the process. Law firms are usually there to help with very serious matters. Any good law firm Continue Reading
Credit Repair vs Bankruptcy?
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You might be wondering why there is a question mark in the title of this article: Credit Repair vs Bankruptcy? We are making a point with the question mark. We know that some people perceive credit repair and bankruptcy as options for problems they are facing, but, in reality, these two options are not comparable Continue Reading