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Anywhere from three weeks to fifty days after you file your Chapter 13 bankruptcy paperwork, a meeting of creditors will be held. Seven days before the meeting you will be required to give the trustee copies of your federal income tax return for the previous tax year. If you were not required to file taxes, you will provide a statement saying so.
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In this article I am going to discuss Schedule C of the bankruptcy petition, which is property exemptions. Under federal and state bankruptcy laws, there are categories and amounts of property that are exempt from the bankruptcy process. This means that you are allowed to keep the property as part of your fresh start after bankruptcy.
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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: The Basic Steps Chapter 13 bankruptcy: the basics. If you are considering bankruptcy as a solution for your financial troubles, you may be wondering if there is an option which would allow you to be able to keep your assets and still be able to pay back debt and receive a discharge […]
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The first, and by far, most common type of bankruptcy is liquidation under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, also referred to as a straight bankruptcy. In this type of bankruptcy all of the debtor's (or, the person filing the bankruptcy) assets which are nonexempt are sold and the proceeds of the sales are distributed amongst creditors (everyone who is owed money by the debtor.) After doing so, the remaining debt is wiped out giving the debtor what is known as a "fresh start."