how do i file for bankrupcey when i dont have $ to pay a lawyer?

Poughquag, NY Viewed 49 times. Posted 5 months ago in Bankruptcy / Debt

i need to fill desperatly but dont have the $ for filling cost? what do i do? - Is this your question? Add additional information

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Theodore John Koban

This attorney is licensed in Massachusetts. Posted 5 months ago.

Perhaps your local bar association or legal aid program has a program for filing pro bono bankruptcies. However, if you have no assets or income there is usually little a creditor can do to you if you do not file a bankruptcy. There are no debtor's prisons or work farms these days.

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