How You Can Lose the Protection of the Automatic Stay

The Ways You Can Jeopardize Your Protection under the Bankruptcy Laws When you file for personal or business bankruptcy, an automatic stay goes into effect immediately, prohibiting your creditors from calling you, writing you or attempting to collect debts from you in any other manner than through the bankruptcy proceeding. The automatic stay … [Read more...]

Your Bankruptcy Options When Continuing a Business

What's Best for You—Chapter 11 or Chapter 7? If you own a business that's struggling, but you know it's just a matter of time before things turn around, you can still use the bankruptcy process to your benefit. When you file a bankruptcy petition, you will immediately get the benefit of the automatic stay, which prohibits your creditors from … [Read more...]

Your Bankruptcy Options When Closing Down a Business

Should You Seek Protection under Chapter 11 or Chapter 7 If you own or operate your own business, but you're struggling to make a go of it, you need to honestly assess your chances of long term success. The bankruptcy laws can help you wind down a business, allowing you to put most of the losses behind you. What's the best way to use bankruptcy … [Read more...]

The Bankruptcy Chapters

A Summary of the Chapter Options Each Chapter of bankruptcy is designed for certain kinds of debtors, and certain kinds of circumstances. For consumers and small business owners, usually either Chapter 7“straight bankruptcy” or Chapter 13“adjustment of debts”is appropriate, or occasionally Chapter … [Read more...]

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Consumer Bankruptcy

Can I keep my car? Will bankruptcy stop a foreclosure? Will I ever be debt-free again? How will I ever pay these medical bills?

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Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

If you want to stop creditor harassment, eliminate repossession debt, stop garnishments and keep your house, and car, a Chapter 7 bankruptcy could help.

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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

Are you in jeopardy of losing your house? Are you making good money but everyone is asking for payment right now? Do you want or need to stop collections?

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