Successfully Completing a Chapter 13 Case
A Chapter 13 case lasts a long time, but can have many advantages. Many of those advantages come only if you successfully finish it...
The Criminal Action Exception to the Automatic Stay
The automatic stay immediately stops most collection actions when you file bankruptcy. But it doesn't stop a "criminal action or proceeding."...
Giving a Creditor “Adequate Protection”
To be able to keep your property that's collateral or security on a secured debt, you must give that secured creditor "adequate protection."...
A Creditor’s Precautionary Motion about the Automatic Stay
A creditor might file a motion to avoid violating the stay, or to get permission to take some action other than collect a debt...
Challenging the Automatic Stay
A creditor might want to pay a claim through your insurance, or finish a lawsuit to establish that you got the debt through fraud...
Chapter 13 Is a Very Useful Tool for Tax Debt.
Here's why you usually don't pay more in a Chapter 13 case to get rid of taxes that you could simply write off in a Chapter 7 case...
