In Kansas, the trustees can take a prorated fraction of the refund for the year in which you filed equal to the amount of the year that had elapsed...

Once your prior lease expired, you became a month-to-month tenant. The landlord can require you to sign a new lease at that point and they can...

When a bankruptcy is filed, the automatic stay usually, but not always, goes into effect. There's not enough information in your post to know...

If only one co-debtor files bankruptcy, the creditor can still collect from the co-debtor who did not file bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy usually does not wipe out liens, so if you want to keep the property that secures a debt, you usually keep making the payments. If your...

If you're wanting to keep the car, filing a ch. 7 with an arrearage on the car loan is a problem. Many lenders will not let you reaffirm the car...

If you voluntarily dismiss the ch. 13, creditors will be able to take action against you - file lawsuits, garnish, foreclose, etc. If you have...

Yes, you should still file an answer in the foreclosure. It is common that the mortgage servicer's attorneys in the foreclosure won't have any...

No, the stay will terminate, even in a joint case, if your husband had a prior case pending in the last year. You'd need to file a motion to...

Chapter 13 trustees are not liquidating trustees, so they don't take assets. But it's a non-exempt asset, meaning you have to pay your creditors...