Besides at prenuptial agreement, what other legal or tax considerations should I take before marrying someone after he filed Ch7

Once he receives his discharge, his debts are forgiven! At that point you can get married without fear his debts will come back to haunt you. ...

You can payoff the car at this time and it will not cause a problem with getting the discharge. Another thing to consider is paying off the...

When can bankruptcy docs relating to 9/2008 Discharge & Final Decree be shredded &/or otherwise destroyed?

There is no written rule for how long you should save bankruptcy papers. I'd say you're safe to destroy them now. If worse goes to worse, the...

How do I escape paying for a 2nd frivolous appeal that a bankruptcy debtor keeps filing and naming me as the appellee?

There is no simple way to say, "I just don't want to deal with this." I handle appeals I realize how expensive and time consuming it can be. That...

The exemption laws do not allow you to claim exempt (meaning necessity of life) things you voluntarily transferred. The result is that you can't...

Filing Chapter 13 gives you the opportunity to cure the arrears through a plan over as much as 60 months. The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires...

I filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. I took my credit counseling course after I filed. Will my case be dismissed?

Your case will likely be dismissed for failure to complete the counseling course prior to filing. There are a few cases where judges have allowed...

Chapter 13 will not lower the interest rate on a car unless the car was purchased 2.5 years before the filing of chapter 13. The chapter 13 plan...

Converting your case to chapter 13 requires a motion with the court. If you started in chapter 7 and submitted papers saying you were unable to...

I filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy and got my discharge. Two weeks later I was sued by a car accident person. Can they do this?

Chapter 7 can discharge obligations that arise before bankruptcy so the date of the accident is the relevant date. Hopefully you listed the other...