Call your local bar association and the Legal Aid Society. There you will find resources that may be able to help if you qualify. Remember that a...

I agree with all prior answers. First, meet with more than one attorney and decide with whom you feel most comfortable. Any good bankruptcy...

I agree with the prior to attorneys who answered this question. Call a qualified bankruptcy attorney in your area and speak with them. Almost any...

Possibly. In general terms, a preference is a payment made in the 90 days prior to the petition date based on an antecedent debt that allows a...

I'm very sorry for your loss. Your deceased husband's estate is responsible for his medical debts, but if there is not sufficient funds in his...

Money you earn after the petition date is yours, so the trustee should not be entitled to seize it to pay creditors.

Generally, under the American legal system, you are only entitled to recover legal fees if the underlying contract provides for it. Even then,...

You generally have 14 days after the sale order is entered to file an appeal, although the 14 day period can be waived and often is. After that...

I agree with most of what was said about trying to settle the medical debt, but I do want to note that while discharging student loans is...

In most cases, student loans are not automatically discharged in bankruptcy. There is some recent case law in the Second Circuit indicating that...