You are not required to use a Chicago bankruptcy lawyer if you live in cook County and wish to file for bankruptcy relief. Much more important than where the attorney is located, is what type of qualifications does the attorney have to handle your case.

One possible avenue to save your home from foreclosure may be to file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy relief and then to negotiate with the mortgage servicer for a mortgage modification while the Chapter 13 bankruptcy is pending. The filing of the bankruptcy stops the progress of the foreclosure action and may give the homeowner many months to negotiate a modification. Perhaps the mortgage company may be more willing to allow a mortgage modification if faced with the alternative of a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan.

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Most clients who call seeking chapter 7 bankruptcy relief do not have significant equity in their real estate. In fact, most clients who call today have no equity in their real estate.

There are secured creditors that must be treated a certain way in a bankruptcy case.  The transcription below touches the surface on what a secured creditor is and what types of decisions have to be made with regard to those secured creditors.

Two Florida Third District Court of Appeals 2007 decisions provide a review of the meaning of the Florida Homestead Exemption in three different contexts. These decisions are Phillips et al. v. Hirshon, etc. el al., 32 Fla. L. Weekly D1151 (Fla.

When you file bankruptcy protection debtors are required to list their assets. This information is recorded in Schedule C of your filing documents or your petition. If you have children you may have concerns about their property and whether bankruptcy can assist in keeping them away from creditors. In most cases, this is not an […]

When you file bankruptcy protection debtors are required to list their assets. This information is recorded in Schedule C of your filing documents or your petition. If you have children you may have concerns about their property and whether bankruptcy can assist in keeping them away from creditors. In most cases, this is not an... Read more »