Bankruptcy Blog

Bowie Kuhn, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee of 2008, former legal counsel to Major League Baseball for 20 years, and former Commissioner of Baseball for almost 15 years, was once accused by creditors of selling his home in New Jersey and fleeing to Florida to avoid bankruptcy proceedings. That accusation was made according to news [...]

If you are considering filing bankruptcy in Arizona you may be able to file either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. To file Chapter 7 Bankruptcy your income level must pass a “means tests”. The means test will determine if your annual income is below the median income level given your family size in the [...]

Many California residents are facing financial crisis. If you are considering filing bankruptcy in California and you have property you would like to keep or if your income is too high to qualify for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, you may be able to file Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. Many individuals will not be allowed to file Chapter [...]

The new bankruptcy laws established under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) are not new, but have been in place for four years. The BAPCPA laws require all debtors who are considering filing for either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 personal bankruptcy receive either “individual or group briefing” from a [...]

A short overview of the types of debts you cannot discharge through a bankruptcy filing in North Dakota.

There will be property and assets that can be excluded from the bankruptcy process called exemptions. Federal bankruptcy law has created exemptions to protect certain assets from your creditors, allowing you to maintain enough assets to start over after bankruptcy.
Many states have created their own list of assets which are considered exempt. Certain states will [...]

If you file Chapter 7 Bankruptcy or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, there are certain debts which will not be discharged. These debts are called non-dischargeable and are outlined by federal bankruptcy laws.
Non-dischargeable debts will be the same in Montana as they are for all other states. If you do not continue to make debt payments for [...]

There are some types of debts that will not be discharged by filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. Non-dischargeable debt is outlined under federal bankruptcy law and will be the same for all states. Failure to pay non-dischargeable debt will allow legal debt collection efforts to continue.
In the state of Wyoming, the following [...]

There are certain property and assets which will be exempt or protected from bankruptcy. This means these assets are protected from your creditors. These exemptions are outlined in federal bankruptcy law and were created to allow you enough assets to start over after bankruptcy. A Wyoming Bankruptcy Lawyer can review your assets and determine which [...]

If you live in the state of New Hampshire and you are facing:

Creditor calls
A home foreclosure
A Job Loss
Inability to pay your bills month after month
High medical bills
Overwhelming credit card debt
Wage garnishments

There may be a solution for you and your family. In the last year, over one million individuals have filed [...]