Sometimes a debtor’s rights in bankruptcy get affected by an overly aggressive Trustee. The Trustee gets a fee and a percentage of any assets administered. The debtor is seeking to keep any and all of his assets free and clear from the long arm of the Trustee. This blog today deals with the personal injury […]
Monthly Archives: May 2016
The Reaffirmation Agreement Over 90% of the Chapter 7 debtors that I assist with auto loans choose to keep that auto while filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. This is done through the signing of a reaffirmation agreement which is prepared and provided by the auto lender. The agreement is rather lengthy and filled with unnecessary […]
As these economic times get tougher and tougher for debtors, I am confronted on a weekly and sometimes daily basis regarding their plight. In the most recent case, a debtor was having a difficult time making his rent payment and was concerned about being evicted. He then remembered that he had hired an attorney four […]
Overview This is the bankruptcy case study for Mr. and Mrs. C., who reside in Addison, Illinois. Although the case will be filed in DuPage County, the majority of the assets reside in another county. Let’s begin with the fact that the couple rents their current home in Addison. Their former home was foreclosed upon […]
Plan Payment Problems A common problem that happens in a chapter 13 bankruptcy case is the inability to continue to make plan payments. This inability to make the plan payment can happen for a variety of reasons. The most common reasons are job loss, illness, injury, divorce, and other catastrophic events. Just recently, a couple […]