Crucial Question: When Should You Consider a Chapter 13 Case Even if Chapter 7 Would Enable You to Save Your Home?
Chapter 13 has so many benefits--some potentially worth lots of money to you--that it's worth finding out what it can do for you.
Home Sweet Home in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13
Bankruptcy protects your home. Both Chapter 7 and 13 do so, but which is better for you?
The Kinds of Debts Better Handled through Chapter 13
Simplistic but often true: Chapter 7 deals better with simpler debts, while Chapter 13 with more complicated debts. What ARE more complicated debts?
A Rule of Thumb about Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 13
If you qualify for both Chapter 7 and 13, look closely at how much you'd be helped by Chapter 13 before choosing Chapter 7 merely because it's simpler.
The Most Important Choice in Bankruptcy
Chapter 13 costs much more than Chapter 7, takes about 10 times as long, so you do a Chapter 7 if possible, right?