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When you file for bankruptcy, the automatic stay prohibits your mortgage lender from moving forward with the foreclosure process. However, how lon...
If you have outstanding medical bills to doctors, dentists, hospitals, or other medical personnel or facilities, you may be receiving harassing ph...
Filing for bankruptcy will immediately stop all credit card collections and lawsuits, and will prevent a credit card company from initiating any n...
The automatic stay will stop the IRS from collecting taxes debt that you owe once you file a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy. But depending upon ...
Many Americans face large medical bills and find themselves in debt due to medical care provided by hospitals and doctors. Incurring large medical deb...
Cashing in your retirement accounts to pay down debt is usually not a good idea. The tax consequences can be substantial and you probably have better ...
The Fair Debt Collections Practices Act limits what a debt collector can and cannot do with regards to contacting and speaking to a debtor. This offer...
Everybody runs into trouble at one time or another. If you are up against the wall financially, you’ll want to know some information about the bankr...
US News reported May 3, 2010 in "New Hope for Debtors Struggling With Student Loans" that the majority of Americans who use loans to pay for colle...
Many people think bankruptcy is bad. However, bankruptcy has its place for those individuals who are buried in debt. Bankruptcy allows a person to...
Let’s say that after all that time of paying big fees and interest on your credit card you were finally forced to stop paying it. After all, food an...
Debtors may be Eligible for Relief from Payday Loans in Bankruptcy. For those who are struggling to pay their bills and who are falling behind on ...
People file bankruptcy to get a discharge on debts so they no longer need to pay creditors. A Chapter 7 discharge is a court order which states ...
If you have an old debt, your creditor cannot try to collect it forever. State laws limit the period of time it has to sue you to recover amount owed
People are looking more to make sure other people have insurance when they are doing business with them or involved in disputes. The financial d...
Without spending, our economy would come to a screeching halt. When our income is diverted toward paying high interest, over-limit fees, and late ...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) is starting to bring lawsuits against officers and directors of bank failures. There have ...
When someone gets a formal discharge from the bankruptcy court, s/he no longer owes anything on all debts discharged. Some debts do not get discharged...
Getting student loans discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case is very difficult. For the most part, you must show that repayment would cause you "un...
Pay day loans seem to becoming more and more common in Utah. Indeed, Utah has high per capital population who use pay day loan services for short term...
When you are facing credit card debt and collection activities from creditors, a charge off can seem like a blessing. A charge off occurs when the c...
Bankruptcy in Utah raised 27% higher than last year already in the first 9 months of 2010. This is astonishing to many people considering the fact t...
If you default on your car loan, you can almost always expect the lender to repossess the vehicle. If, after the repossession, you still owe money pur...
Debt verification (sometimes referred to as debt validation) is a powerful tool available to debtors whose debts are sent to collection agencies.
If you are considering bankruptcy, you should be aware of all of the options that you have. Bankruptcy does not clear all debt, but Chapter 13 may...
What happens to unsecured cash loans in bankruptcy? Hint: NEVER make an unsecured cash loan to anyone, if there is the slightest chance they'll dec...
If you have a car loan that's causing your trouble and you need to file bankruptcy anyway, you may be able to reduce your car loan in bankruptcy.
Although both credit card debt and student loans are classified as unsecured debts, they are not treated the same by the Bankruptcy Code. While cr...
As a California Bankruptcy Attorney I see a wide variety of cases come to our law firm seeking legal help and bankruptcy advice. Believe me; today w...
If you find yourself needing to file bankruptcy and you don’t qualify for a chapter 7 under the means test, you still have debt relief options. Th...
If you are thinking about filing for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy, it is important to examine all of your debts and figure out if they are secu...
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