So many people have fallen behind with outstanding parking tickets. It doesn’t take very many parking tickets in the city of Chicago to find yourself on the boot list. You might even have dozens of tickets and know that you’re on the boot list, however, you do not take affirmative action to help yourself. What […]
Author Archives: David M. Siegel
I have been practicing bankruptcy law since 1991. I have seen a drastic difference in the way that student loans are handled in bankruptcy cases. Prior to 1998, a student loan was potentially dischargeable if it had been in repayment status for more than seven years. This basically meant that an old student loan debt […]
In general, you can file a chapter 7 bankruptcy case once every eight years. For example, if you filed on January 1, 2008, then you would not be eligible to file another chapter 7 bankruptcy case until January 2, 2016. If you filed the case in between those two dates, the chapter 7 trustee or […]
The Automatic Stay When a person files a chapter 7 or chapter 13 bankruptcy case, there is the immediate creation of the automatic stay. The automatic stay is the protection provided to the debtor which prohibits creditors from taking specific collection actions or other efforts to collect on a debt. Sometimes the notice of the […]
Parking Tickets On The Rise Maybe the city of Chicago is getting more aggressive in issuing parking tickets. Maybe the need for revenue is increasing the activity of agents on the streets. Maybe there are simply not enough parking spots and it is leading people to park where they shouldn’t. Whatever the reason, the increase […]
Save Your Home & Pay Your Mortgage.. Through Chapter 13 Bankruptcy It is understandable that you will have tremendous fear when you fall behind on your mortgage and you start to receive threatening letters. You may not even know that bankruptcy is an option to save your home and stop a foreclosure case. You probably […]
The case was filed with the understanding that the debtor would go ahead and file the most recent four years of taxes within 1 to 2 weeks of the date of filing. The debtor did have those taxes prepared however he was not able to pay the tax preparers entire fee. For this reason, copies […]
I have been getting more and more inquiries regarding prior clients with regard to their mortgage companies. It appears that the mortgage companies are not reporting their timely payments to the credit bureaus. For this reason, I decided to address it in this blog. The bottom line is that your mortgage company is not required […]
It is understandable that nerves will run high at a bankruptcy creditors meeting. After all, the debtor is likely filing his first and only bankruptcy case in his life. He understands that he must appear in front of a trustee and be examined under oath with regard to the petition and schedules that were filed […]
The Repo List It seems like in these tough economic times, there are more and more people driving around town worried about the repo man. After all, you don’t have to fall very far behind in your car payment to have the creditor calling you day and night about your payment. From there it’s only […]