If your house was part of a Chapter 7 if you have to walk away from it does it hurt your credit score?

Credit bureaus report any accurate information about a person's credit. Once a debt is discharged in a bankruptcy, that is the last thing that can...

Can filing bankruptcy remove warrant blocks on one's driving license?

Neither civil fines nor criminal fines can be discharged in a chapter 7. Criminal fines cannot be discharged in a chapter 13, but civil fines can....

Can I file a chapter 13 bankruptcy if I receive social security disability?

Anyone with regular monthly income can be a chapter 13 debtor. However, there are a lot of factors that must be considered before making the...

I am not sure why you think you don't have enough income to file for relief under chapter 13. There is no minimum income requirement. However,...

Can i file for bankruptcy and apply for the undue hardship?

If you owe a substantial amount of other debt, a bankruptcy will discharge the rest of your debt. Discharging a debt by a showing of undue hardship...

If you filed in July, your trustee would have only had an interest in your just over 50% of the refund. Before our legislature changed our...

Debt settlement rarely works unless you have access to enough money to settle a number of your debts. Many national debt settlement firms have you...

Matco Tools generally retains a lien on the tools sold to you. If that lien was properly perfected under California law, you can retain the tools...

Can I take legal action against a person who owes me money, but has filed bankruptcy?

Hopefully, you retained a lien on the business or the business assets and that lien was properly perfected by the filing of the necessary UCC 1...

If a debtor filed a prior bankruptcy and received a discharge in that bankruptcy case, then the limitation on filing is from filing date. A...