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Car Repossession and Bankruptcy Jul 11

A common preceding cause of a bankruptcy filing is a car repossession. On a basic level, a car loan is a secured debt. This means that unlike failure to make your credit card payments, which can result in lawsuits and judgments down the road, failure to make a car payment ...

Surrendering Property in Bankruptcy Apr 09
A common misconception about bankruptcy, especially Chapter 7 bankruptcy, is that you lose all of your property upon filing. This isn't true; we've ...
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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Part I Mar 12
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is a federal statute originally signed into law in the late 1970s that is designed to provide protection to ...
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The Bankruptcy Petition and Schedules, Part II Jan 14
Last week we started to address the various schedules that constitute a bankruptcy petition. We addressed Schedule A (covering real property), ...
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Common Causes of Bankruptcy Dec 04
Every situation is different, and each bankruptcy case is unique in the circumstances that precipitated its filing. This is one of the things that ...
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Secured Creditors and the Automatic Stay Nov 09
We discussed yesterday the basic concepts of the automatic stay in a bankruptcy case. The automatic stay stops all debt collection efforts from the ...
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What Happens If You Don't Pay Your Debt? Oct 26
When you don't pay your debt, debt collectors and collection agencies can both report your debt to credit bureaus and pursue legal options. These ...
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