I’m in Texas. I dated someone who filed Chapter 7. Can I take them to small claims for $2k they borrowed?

You can sue him after the bankruptcy is complete, if you are not listed as a creditor in the bankruptcy. How do you know if you're listed as a...

Bank account question?

Generally speaking, the only accounts that are liable are accounts with John's name attached. But (there's always a but), if a creditor believes...

Can I reopen my discharge bankruptcy and add a car that I got after my bankruptcy

If you financed the car after you filed the bankruptcy, then you cannot reopen the bankruptcy and add the balance of the car loan.

An important note...you said your husband doesn’t know about the payday loans. You won’t be able to hide the bankruptcy from him without...

I received a court dismissal on a civil suit (debt collection). What happens now with I and the debt collector?

Most likely, the case was dismissed because the creditor requested it. That's fairly common. If it was dismissed "without prejudice", then they...

What happens now with a settlement agreement?

You need to be an aggressive creditor to have any chance of getting what you're owed. You need to look for errors and omissions in the bankruptcy...

When you have a judgement against you but it's been almost 10 yrs (3days short) is the writ of execution valid?

Yes, the writ is valid. They served the writ to keep the judgment active. Yes, the interest is also due. No, you don't necessarily need to...

The Trustee's office is unlikely to provide much assistance, if any, because they can't offer legal advice. If your divorce decree has...

1) " Basically, the associate said that I have no access to their legal department to get any solid answers, but he did gave me speculation. He...

I've filed a lot of bankruptcies, and the only reason I've ever known a bank account to be frozen when a person files bankruptcy is because you owe...