Are Creditors Going to Challenge the Discharge of Debts in My Bankruptcy Case?
Every creditor has the right to challenge your ability to write off your debts in bankruptcy. But none of them likely will. Why not?
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.
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?
Irony by Perjury Adds Insult to Injury: from Lender Robo-signing to Foreclosed Homeowners Begging for Scraps from the National Mortgage Fraud Settlement
Homeowners who lost their homes to foreclosure may need to commit perjury to get restitution payments through the settlement. That would be the deepest kind of insult on injury.
Update on the Cash Distribution to Foreclosed Homeowners from the National Mortgage Fraud Settlement
What qualifies you to receive the $1,500 to $2,000 restitution payment for losing your home to foreclosure? More clues have just become available.
Dealing with Accusations of Business Fraud through Bankruptcy
When a small business fails, its owner or employee is sometimes accused of causing or hastening that failure through fraud or other intentional bad behavior. If that person is already considering filing a bankruptcy to deal with the financial fallout of the closing of the business, how are those accusations going to be handled in that bankruptcy case?
The National Mortgage Settlement’s Actual Terms Finally Released
The settlement documents of the deal that was announced more than a month ago were finally completed and filed at court on Monday, March 12. They catalog page after page of serious wrongdoing by the banks in their servicing of mortgages and processing of foreclosures.
