Help! I Need to File Bankruptcy But Already Did One a Few Years Ago
If you need bankruptcy protection but already filed a bankruptcy case within the last few years, you may still be able to file a new one now.
Help! My Co-Signer and I Just Got Sued!
If you and someone else jointly owe a debt, bankruptcy can protect you against the debt and against your co-signer. Or if you want, bankruptcy can protect your co-signer.
Help! I Just Got a “Final Notice of Intent to Levy” from the IRS!
If you owe income taxes, and are at the point that the IRS is about to seize your assets, you need to consider bankruptcy. It can help in surprising ways.
Help! Support Enforcement Just Garnished My Paycheck, and is Threatening to Do Worse
If you're behind on child or spousal support, the support enforcement agency can be extremely aggressive. Chapter 7 doesn't help much. Chapter 13 CAN.
The Limited Power to Force a Creditor to Surrender Your Garnished Wages
Once garnished, that portion of your wages or salary is forever gone. With one exception.
The Collision between State Garnishment Law and Federal Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy quashes a garnishment, but only if it's filed in time.
Just Been Sued by a Creditor? How Bankruptcy Helps Right Away
Getting sued by a creditor is a wake-up call to consider filing bankruptcy. If it's the right thing to do, there are advantages to filing before your deadline to respond to the lawsuit.
Chapter 13 Turns the Power of the “Automatic Stay” into a Superpower
If Chapter 7 strengthens your hand against your secured creditors, Chapter 13 turns you into Superman. It starts with a much more robust "automatic stay."
Power Over Your Secured Creditors in Chapter 7
Your secured creditors are often the ones you most care about, because the creditor can take your collateral. Chapter 7 strengthens your hand, improving your options.
Your Bankruptcy Rights vs. Creditors’ Rights to “Not be Deprived of Property without Due Process of Law” under the Fifth Amendment
The U. S. Constitution doesn't talk about it, so how does filing bankruptcy give you the power to stop a foreclosure?
More Good Examples of How Bankruptcy Really Helps Even When You Can’t Write Off Every Debt
Three more practical ways that bankruptcy works to let you take control of your debts, even those that can't be written off.
Bankruptcy Can Solve Your Debt Problems Even If You Can’t Write Off Every Debt
Don't disregard bankruptcy as an option just because it does not write off the debt which is your immediate headache. There's likely some good medicine for that headache after all.
What Can I Do If I’m Behind on My Vehicle Loan
Bankruptcy saves your vehicle from immediate repossession. Whether you choose to file under Chapter 7 or 13 depends in part on how strong of a medicine you need for dealing with the back payments.
Can Child or Spousal Support Ever Be Written Off in Bankruptcy?
You've heard that no debt in bankruptcy is more untouchable than child support and spousal support. Is that true? Can Chapter 7 or 13 ever help?
Your Sole Proprietorship Business Rescued by Chapter 13
Do you have a small business in your own name that would be successful if it only got a break from its debts? A Chapter 13 case would likely greatly reduce both your business and personal monthly debt service while you continued to run your business.
