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Having an initial consultation with the attorney will provide you with valuable information that will help you in the Bankruptcy process. This is your chance to inform the attorney about all your financial situations and will enable the attorney know whether Bankruptcy is the best option for you and what chapter to file.
In order to file your Bankruptcy, you need to provide us with all of your financial information that is pertinent to filing. This includes, but may not be limited to, 3 months of bank statements, tax returns for the previous 2 years, Six (6) months of paystubs, car titles. There is also a questionnaire that will need to be completed and returned.
You must have finished an approved counseling course within the 6 months prior to filing.
After we have received all of the necessary documentation and have had time to enter it into our systems, we will call you to meet with the attorney so he can review the paperwork with you before you sign. Once you have signed the Bankruptcy documents your Bankruptcy documents are filed with the court.
Prior to receiving your discharge you must have finished an instructional course concerning personal financial management in order to be eligible for a discharge.
Chapter 7 bankruptcy is a liquidation proceeding in which the debtor's non-exempt assets, if any, are sold by the Chapter 7 trustee and the proceeds distributed to creditors according to the priorities established in the Code.
A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy wipes out all a person's eligible debts usually within four months. In the vast majority of cases the debtor has no assets that he or she would lose. Chapter 7 bankruptcy gives a person a relatively quick "fresh start".
Eligibility to file Chapter 7 is determined by the means test instituted with the 2005 amendments to the bankruptcy code.
In most consumer cases, all the assets are exempt, and therefore there are no assets to liquidate and there is no dividend to creditors. Chapter 7 is generally the simplest and quickest form of bankruptcy and is available to individuals, married couples, corporations and partnerships.
Yes, they will! By law, all actions against a debtor must cease once the documents are filed. Creditors cannot initiate or continue any lawsuits, wage garnishees, or even telephone calls demanding payments. Secured creditors such as banks holding, for example, a lien on a car, will get the stay lifted if you cannot make payments.
Bankruptcy filings are public records. However, under normal circumstances, no one will know you went bankrupt. The Credit Bureaus will record your bankruptcy and it will remain on your credit record for 10 years.
The most common reasons for filing bankruptcy are:
Unemployment: Large medical expenses; Seriously overextended credit; Marital problems, and; Other large unexpected expenses.
In a bankruptcy, assets in excess of your allowed personal exemption, or non exempt assets such as, real estate, automobiles and boats will be liquidated by the trustee.
A person can file Chapter 7 again if it has been more than 8 years since he or she filed the previous Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
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