Everyone is required to bring their social security card to their bankruptcy hearing. And a lot of people have lost theirs over the years.   Virginia was recently added to the states where you can use your drivers license and apply on the internet to get a replacement card sent to you.   You don’t […]

One of the benefits of the federal bankruptcy laws is a well-known exemption to the liquidation of assets. This exemption is known as the homestead exemptions, and under Washington law can help someone struggling through a bankruptcy emerge from the process with a small win.
Under the Washington exemption system, homeowners may exempt up to $125,000 of their home or other property covered by the homestead exemption.

Tax time has come again and many Seattle and Tacoma area bankruptcy filers are wondering whether they are going to be able to eliminate their debt and still keep their tax refund.  Thankfully, the answer is generally yes and here is Keeping Your Refund in a Washington Bankruptcy is always a plus.

Not all debt collection agencies are the same. The endbillcollections group deals only with commercial recesses and has:

Upright Law Sanctioned, a national bankruptcy firm, operating in both Oregon and Washington,  was recently sanctioned and enjoined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for for causing “unconscionable” harm to its clients. The court found that the law firm and its attorneys engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and provided inadequate representation to consumer debtor clients.

Upright Law Sanctioned, a national bankruptcy firm, operating in both Oregon and Washington,  was recently sanctioned and enjoined by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for for causing “unconscionable” harm to its clients. The court found that the law firm and its attorneys engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and provided inadequate representation to consumer debtor clients.

If you have a collection account that you want to take care of, but can’t afford to pay it in full, you may be able to negotiate a cheaper payment with the debtor. Even if you can’t get the collector to agree to accept a lower payout, you may be able to draw up an agreement to pay the debt in installments. Knowing how to negotiate with debt collectors will help you to process a payment solution that works in your favor.
1. Understanding how debt collectors work

Arizona has had enough of people passing off their pets as “service animals”.
Later this summer it will be illegal to pass off a pet as a “service animal”; violators will be fined $250 PER OCCURRENCE.  House Bill 2588

Arizona has had enough of people passing off their pets as “service animals”.
Later this summer it will be illegal to pass off a pet as a “service animal”; violators will be fined $250 PER OCCURRENCE.  House Bill 2588