The simple answer is that such benefits belong to your daughter, and should not be affected by your bankruptcy. Moreover, Social Security benefits...

Your discharge was entered in a federal bankruptcy court, and will need to be enforced there as well. As a preliminary step, you should make...

California couple divorced. We each want to file bankruptcy (separately) but our names both appear on title. Both live?

Married individuals are permitted to file joint bankruptcy petitions, but are not required to do so and you could each file your own separate case...

What are my options in paying my attorney his fees and costs after no settlement as plaintiff in personal inury case?

Your attorney took what is traditionally aa contingency fee case, and then billed you $50,000 to tell you that you have no case? That determination...

Candidly, if your Chapter 13 bankruptcy attorney has relocated and has not maintained contact with you by informing you of the change of address...

Waiver of after discovered property

Spouses owe to one another a fiduciary duty, including a duty to make full and complete disclosure of all assets and liabilities. This obligation...

The amount of the new homestead exemption that becomes effective January 1, 2021 is the greater of $300,000 or the countywide median sale price of...

Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court in Patterson v. Shumate, 504...

In simplest terms, bankruptcy is the lawful way to address pressing debts that are no longer within your ability to pay. The purpose of the...

Your rights are being trampled upon. The automatic stay is called that for one simple reason: it's automatic. While there are limited exceptions to...