Chapter 13 DOES stop the collection of unpaid child or spousal support from your after-filing income and other assets. Chapter 7 does NOT....
Bankruptcy’s Many Benefits for Your Home
Bankruptcy can save and protect your home in many different ways. One of these may be just what you need. Or you may use them in combination....
Cramdown on Furniture and Other Personal Property Debts
Cramdown lowers vehicle loan payments and the total paid on the loan. But you can also get similar benefits on other personal property debts....
How a cramdown saves money
Here's an example of vehicle loan cramdown that shows how you can reduce your vehicle payments and be free and clear after paying less....
Are you Behind on Your Auto Payments
Vehicle loan cramdown doesn't just likely reduce your vehicle payments and the total you pay. You'd also not have to catch up on late payments....
Time requirements for a Cramdown on Vehicle Loan
The time requirements for a cramdown on a vehicle loan in Chapter 13 requires that your loan is at least two and a half years old. But there are exceptions to this. ...
Qualifying for a Cramdown
To qualify for a Chapter 13 vehicle loan cramdown, mostly your loan must be at least two and a half years old. There are exceptions to this....
Decrease your Auto Loan
If you can’t afford to pay your vehicle payments even after writing off your other debts under Chapter 7, consider decreasing your auto loan through a Chapter 13 cramdown....
Keep Your Vehicle without Reaffirmation
Can you keep your vehicle without reaffirming its loan? Can you make the payments without reaffirming? What if you can't afford the payments?...
Debts Sold or Assigned to Collection Agencies
What happens if you list a creditor in your bankruptcy case but, unknown to you, it sold the debt to a collection agency that you don't list?...
Failing to List Debt but the Creditor Knows about Your Case
Usually if you don'='t list a debt, it doesn't get discharged. An exception is if the creditor still learns about your case, on time....
List all Creditors in Your Bankruptcy Case
If you don't list a debt in your bankruptcy case, and don't add it in on time, it may not be written off. So carefully include all debts....
Bankruptcy Writes Off Vehicle Accident Claims, Unless Intoxicated
Bankruptcy writes off claims against you from a vehicle accident for personal injuries and property damage, IF you weren't intoxicated....
Bankruptcy Can Write Off a Student Loan if it Causes Undue Hardship
Writing off student loans is not easy. You must convincingly show that paying the loan causes you undue hardship, a tough condition to prove....
Bankruptcy will not Write Off Child or Spousal Support Debts
Child support and spousal support debts cannot get written off in bankruptcy. But is your specific divorce debt legally considered support?...
