Bankruptcy Blog

Bankruptcy law sets a maximum dollar amount of protection for your recently-bought home, but this really applies to only a few states...

Most pensions and other retirement funds are "exempt"--completely protected when you file bankruptcy. But there's an exemption cap for IRAs...

Creditors will be a little less likely to challenge the writing off of recent uses of credit...

The federal exemptions are nudging up about 3%. But that only matters if you are allowed to use them, and are higher than your state ones...

Here are the rest of the important changes affecting Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases filed on or after April 1, 2016...

Every 3 years many of the dollar amounts in the bankruptcy statutes are adjusted for inflation. Here's a summary of the important changes...