Can I file for bankruptcy with or without spouse if separated and living apart?

You can file jointly if legally married, but you are both swearing to the accuracy of the information on the schedules, so you both need to be...

No, contingent fees are often higher than that.

Student loans discharged income driven repayment taxes?

Willful non-payment of income taxes can be criminally prosecuted, but the Government needs to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you were aware...

Can you still save your house after a relief of stay in chapter 13?

You can bring your payments current and avoid stay relief. If you pay on March 1st, including the March payment, And have proof of your payment,...

Can civil judgement in PR be recognized in Virginia?

A judgment from Puerto Rico is entitled to full faith and credit in any state. It will automatically be recognized, unless the Puerto Rico court...

Chapter 7

You need to consult with another bankruptcy lawyer asap. This may be fixable if it was not your fault, particularly if there was little if any harm.

It depends. If it's tuition, or some other contractual or non-fraud non-intentional tort debt, it's dischargeable. If it's civil fines and...

The property is held as tenants by the entirety with survivorship between each couple. If Joe dies, Mary gets his interest. If Jane dies, John...

Born to a foreign diplomat father and mother, have a birth certificate and SSN, am I considered a US citizen ?

You are not a US Citizen if both parents had diplomatic status. While born in the US, you were not born "subject to the jurisdiction thereof."

No, but your advocacy against the death penalty would be compelling. Your best remedy may be to work politically to abolish the death penalty in...