By Jeff Field | Published January 30, 2024 | Posted in Bankruptcy | Tagged Tags: chapter 13, chapter 7, discharge | Leave a comment
How Soon After Filing a Bankruptcy Can You File a Second One?
Bankruptcy is a legal process designed to help individuals and businesses overcome overwhelming financial difficulties by providing a fresh start. For individuals, the two most common forms of bankruptcy are Chapter 7 and Chapter 13. While these chapters serve similar purposes, they differ in their approach towards debt resolution and in their allowance of second Read More
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What Are the Most Common Grounds for Adversary Proceedings in Bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy proceedings serve as a legal mechanism for debtors to obtain relief from overwhelming financial obligations, allowing them to reorganize their debts or liquidate their assets for the benefit of creditors. Ideally, a bankruptcy case proceeds without contention, but when disagreements arise, the bankruptcy code provides a forum for resolving them, known as an adversary Read More
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Using the Redemption Option to Keep Your Car in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows individuals to obtain a fresh start by discharging most of their debts while liquidating their assets to pay off creditors. However, there are ways that debtors can shield a substantial amount of their assets from liquidation. One of these is the redemption option. A debtor can keep a financed car by Read More
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Filing for Bankruptcy During an Inflated Real Estate Market
Home prices in Georgia and across the country rose steadily through 2023 and show no signs of abating, despite a surge in mortgage interest rates. This is due to a shortage of housing inventory caused in large part by older Americans buying up properties, many for investment purposes. But whatever the reasons, an inflated residential Read More
Read MoreReview Finds AI Chatbots are “Useless” When Answering Bankruptcy Law Questions
As artificial intelligence becomes part of our everyday lives, chatbots have been increasingly used to answer a wide range of questions, including legal inquiries. While programs such as ChatGPT and Gemini might provide immediate information on an infinite number of subjects, an attorney and legal historian found significant errors when he sought responses on key Read More
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Should Married People File for Bankruptcy Jointly or Individually?
Married people who are in financial straits have the option of filing jointly for bankruptcy, but that doesn’t always mean they should. Since assets and expenses are often shared in a marriage, it’s common for the money troubles of one spouse to impact the other. But sometimes one spouse has more property and the other Read More
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