Looking for an affordable bankruptcy lawyer in louisiana to start proceedings

The answers all indicate to find that attorney. But also, many persons state they want to file a chapter 13 but in fact can file a ch 7 case. We...

What options do we have? We are in a Chapter 13 & now owe taxes.

As Attorney Bunce indicates, we do not know why you are in a chapter 13 now. You might amend your facts to indicate if you failed the means test,...

Chapter 7 to discharge student loans. Is it true that if they are old enough they can be dischargeable? Heard 10 years works

Like Attorney Wesley, I have lived through all those changes. Now you can only prove "Undue Hardship" but other options may exist. First and...

Wife will file Chapter 7 bankruptcy later this year. Can she transfer some of her cash to my acct 6 months or so before filing.

The first thing you should do with her to is visit and obtain an experienced bankruptcy attorneys' advice. As if the "cash" total is all exempt at...

Can a debtor in a chapter 13 request a temporary dismissal of one month in order to reorganize?

I believe you are using the wrong terminology. Dismissal is a huge thing: your whole case is dismissed just like you never filed bankruptcy and all...

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Aside from filing a claim, how do we get paid as a creditor with a lawsuit won against the debtor who has just filed Chapter 13?

Follow Attorney Berkus's advice and employ an attorney to see if your claim is non dischargeable and if so, what you have to do to prove that and...

My wife and I filed chapter 13 we received a letter from our mortgage co.

You have too many missing facts for any real advice to be provided. You should amend your facts to state answers to the following questions: (1)...

We filed for bankruptcy 5 years ago & walked away from our home.The bankruptcy is done, but no foreclosure still.Are we liable?

My advice, is first make sure the bankruptcy is in fact closed. Secondly, if closed, contact B of A and state that the property is still yours...

Civil case is still open after chapter 7 discharge.

So send a copy of the discharge to both the court in which the case was filed and a copy to the creditor and to their attorney . In a letter, you...

As a creditor of an unsecured loan, won in small claims, of a debtor now in chapter 7, what are my rights?

Follow Attorney Larkin's excellent advice. Because your loan was simply a loan so she could make rent, absent fraud in her so stating, you have a...