How can I reopen the bankruptcy case in Florida to add the omitted creditor considering that I'm stationed in Alaska?

It is a two step process. First, you have to move to open case for limited purpose of adding omitted creditor. You have to pay the filing...

If I file for personal bankruptcy, do I need to file for business bankruptcy as well?

If you list all of your business creditors on your personal case, as contingent creditors for example, then you may not need to file for the...

Is bankruptcy my best option? What are the repercussions?

I do not believe it is appropriate to advise a client whether bankruptcy is the correct solution to their financial problems based on a 50 word...

If you have a jdg entered against you, it cannot constitute a lien against your house under the Florida Constitution...except under certain limited...

If a firm has gone out of business in the process of your case what happens to the monies, because no one can find my case.

Your question is a little confusing. I presume you are saying that you had a pending case against a corporate entity that filed Chapter 7, and are...

Can the trustee avoid a payment if I made it before within the 90 days of filing bankruptcy?

You are fixating on this as a possible preference issue. If that is what the trustee was considering, it might present issues. My guess is the...

I met some one who turn out to be a Ponzi scheme artist. I was dealing buying and selling antique vehicles. He would buy the

The defenses to a fraudulent transfer allegation are fact based: did you receive reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the dollars you gave...

There is a four year look back period on fraudulent transfers under Florida law, and under bankruptcy law, a trustee can use the state statutes to...

Writ of garnishment

Unfortunately, a "defeat" of a garnishment order only serves to do so as to any funds that the creditor was seeking to garnish AT THAT MOMENT. The...

Quit-claimed property but still on mortgage. Is the mortgage debt considered unsecured debt or is it still considered secured?

The debt may be secured, but it is not secured by property of your estate, so in the world of bankruptcy this is an unsecured debt. Even if it was...