Is Discharging a Student Loan Possible in Bankruptcy?
What does it take to write-off a student loan in bankruptcy? An "undue hardship." And that is a very tough standard to meet...
Debts for Recent “Luxury Goods or Services” and Cash Advances
What is the "presumption" that certain credit card purchases and cash advances will not be discharged in bankruptcy?...
Sometimes an Attorney Cannot Tell You Which Debts will be Discharged under Chapter 7, until S/He Conducts an Adequate Investigation into the Debt.
Most of the time your attorney will know which debts will be legally written off in your bankruptcy. But not always, for two reasons...
What’s Different about the Discharge of Your Debts under Chapter 13?
Here's the good news/bad news about the discharge of debts in a Chapter 13 payment plan compared to the discharge you get in a straight Chapter 7 case...
Here’s What You Need to Know about the Discharge of Your Debts under Chapter 7
The point of filing bankruptcy is to get relief from your debts. So, when and how DO those debts get "discharged"--legally written off--in a regular Chapter 7 bankruptcy?...
A Combination of Chapter 13 Tools for Saving Your Home, Illustrated
It's often the combination of tools that come with Chapter 13 that allows you to keep your home. Because Chapter 7 has only some of these tools, sometimes it can't do nearly as much for your home as Chapter 13 can...
