G Is For Guilty image credit: Dreamstime Most of us have been taught to pay our bills. If you borrow money, you should pay it back. We get mad at our “friends” who don’t pay us back. Whether it is money for furniture, a truck, a car, a boat, a house, a vacation, a student…
No, it does not mean you have no property, that you lost everything by filing Chapter 7. Actually, it means that the trustee found no assets to be liquidated for the benefit of creditors. Which is a good thing, you keep everything you had before you filed. Subject to paying any liens on the property,…
No mas! MERS is folding up its tent as far as foreclosing in its own name, or filing pleadings in bankruptcy court in its own name, as it told is clients they have to get an assignment from MERS, and then file stuff in their own name. No more MERS foreclosures in Michigan. Our Michigan…
Many clients ask me who will find out if I file bankruptcy? Does my boss have to know? I don’t want my relatives and friends to find out. All court proceedings are matters of public record, unless the Judge orders the records sealed at the request of a party, and it must be for special…
In the Eastern District of Michigan Bankruptcy Court, Detroit, ten percent of the Chapter 7 cases filed are by people without attorneys. Many of the bankruptcy petition preparers abuse the process. First, they charge more than allowed. All of the Judges in the Eastern District of Michigan Bankruptcy Court have signed an order limiting bankruptcy…
The creditor lobby would have you believe that people who file bankruptcy are the ones committing fraud. They sold the bankruptcy law reforms as a way to stop the rampant fraud going on, people filing bankruptcy to skip out on their debts, debts which they could afford to pay. That was the company line. Debt…
I always tell people, if you are an electrician, go ahead and rewire your house, if you are a plumber, put in that new sink, but, if you are not, get someone who does know how to do those things. Same with filing bankruptcy. 1. It is easy to flub a procedural requirement, not file…
Reaffirming is the only way to remain liable on a debt that is otherwise dischargeable in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. At least in Michigan, signing a reaffirmation agreement is never a good idea, unless the bank is changing the terms to your advantage. If you keep up the taxes and insurance, and make the payments,…
Some still common myths about bankruptcy, in no particular order. ONE: My spouse has to file bankruptcy if I file. Uh, no, no one ever has to file bankruptcy. The law does provide for involuntary petitions, where creditors can get together and force a person or company into bankruptcy. But you can file without your…
The short answer: everything! Everything that costs you money. Which includes Electronic Funds Transfers from your bank account. And debit cards. And credit cards, until you stop using them. OK, I have not, my American Express is tied into the bankruptcy court for filing fees on the cases I file. I tried to change over…
