We are currently in a chapter 13 bankruptcy and we have been approved for a home modification forgiving the debt

Agreed -- talk to your lawyer. You now have a bunch more disposable income and a smaller amount of secured claims to pay. If you don't have a...

I have a judgement against me for a credit card owed...how can i proctect my home and car from being seized

The other answers are correct, but I would add this caution: do NOT attempt to place your assets out of reach from your creditors, such as by...

What am I suppose to say in a 'Written Answer" on a Judgement I've been served ..I have no idea how to respond to this?

Social Security benefits are exempt from the claims of most creditors under federal law, and banks are now supposed to know when your bank account...

For a CHP 7 BNKRTCY do I include my spouses income in the statement of finacial affairs if we are separated and I'm filing alone

I interpret the instructions for questions 1 and 2 on the SOFA as not requiring a non-filing spouse's income to be listed in c. 7.

I tell me clients to tell me what THEY own, not what their spouse or roommate bought that they don't use and not what they bought for their kids....

When I file for bankruptcy it creates an automatic stay, so does every creditor need to request the lift of the stay?

Each creditor that wishes the stay lifted as to themselves has to file its own motion.

Why is the lein not closed?

While Code section 522(f) allows judicial liens to be avoided in bankruptcy, your attorney has to do something during the case (file a motion or an...

Filing for chapter 7. Healthy parents want to gift me a house when final. Can creditors come after the house after 7 is final?

Not unless your parent's promise is presently enforceable as a contract, which I very strongly doubt.

Is the decision for Chapter 7 lien strips being appealed? And if so, when is the appeal going to heard? Thank you.

Further to that, an "appeal" from a Circuit Court of Appeals is a thing of the past. Nowadays, one has to file a petition for discretionary review...

I had a Judgement against me approx 2.5 years ago. My wages were garnished once prior to filing a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in MI.

That judgment has not been affected by your bankruptcy case because you haven't gotten a discharge yet. What Michigan law says about the life of a...