Unfortunately, no one has a crystal ball on what an individual creditor will do after a Chapter 13 case is dismissed. Some creditors may have...

A Chapter 7 discharge usually wipes out your personal responsibility for the debt, but it does not automatically make the judgment disappear from...

One important correction: the Eighth Circuit didn’t actually hold that the SAVE Plan was “unconstitutional.” The holding was that the Department of...

Since this was a post-petition debt you incurred the bankruptcy does not protect you. If the lender repossessed the car and sold it at auction,...

From a technical standpoint, the automatic stay terminates the moment the dismissal order is entered on the court docket, not when the case is...

You may still qualify for Chapter 7 even if you got a job after filing. The means test generally looks at the income you received during the six...

Yes, tuition that is not actually a student loan can generally be discharged in a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy just like other unsecured...

An H-1B visa holder who is not a U.S. citizen, and is legally in the country can typically file bankruptcy in the United States, assuming the...

Attorney Caldwell is spot on here. He gave very good advice, and to his point, if you can not make payments, you need to work with the court and...

If you are going to purchase the home in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy case, you need not only to put the current seller on notice you are in bankruptcy,...