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 »

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 »

A Totten trust, sometimes referred to as a "payable upon death" account, is a tentative trust that is revocable at will until the depositor completes the gift during his lifetime by some unequivocal act or declaration or subsequently dies.

A Totten trust, sometimes referred to as a "payable upon death" account, is a tentative trust that is revocable at will until the depositor completes the gift during his lifetime by some unequivocal act or declaration or subsequently dies.

The filing fees charged by the Oregon Bankruptcy Court will be going up for new  bankruptcy filers on June 1, 2014. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filings will increase from $306 to $335 and Chapter 13s will increase from $281 to $310. We will still be able to file paperwork enabling our Portland and Salem area Chapter 7 clients to pay all  of their filing fees in installments after their cases are filed. We will still be able to pay most Chapter 13 filing fees in installments as well.

Although certain types of divorce related debt are non-dischargeable, certain types of debt are dischargeable in bankruptcy Whether an item is dischargeable also depends on whether the case is filed under chapter 7 or chapter 13.

Although certain types of divorce related debt are non-dischargeable in bankruptcy, certain types of divorce debt are dischargeable in bankruptcy Whether an item is dischargeable depends on

Before the court confirms your chapter 13 plan, you will have to pass what is commonly referred to in bankruptcy law as the “feasibility” test. This isn’t really a test, but the court will look at whether or not the information we provide in the bankruptcy forms and schedules show enough income so that you can make the proposed payments. Whether it is the monthly payments you are proposing or a lump sum payment to be paid at the end of the plan, we should be able to show that the plan can be reasonably completed with the resources we report in the schedules.

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Discharge There are certain eligibility requirements in reference to getting a discharge under the bankruptcy code. Let’s begin with the most common form of bankruptcy which is a chapter 7 fresh start.

Miami bankruptcy lawyer Jordan E. Bublick has over 25 years of experience in filing chapter 13 and chapter 7 bankruptcy case and mortgage modifications. Office: 1221 Brickell Ave., 9th Fl., Miami, Florida. Tel.: (305) 891-4055.