Information For You Bankruptcy Attorney When you are filing for bankruptcy, your attorney is going to want to know a series of information from you.  Most importantly, he’s going to want to know what you own, what you owe, what you earn and what you spend.  In my office, we have developed a confidential bankruptcy+ Read MoreThe post What Information Do I Need To File For Bankruptcy? appeared first on

Ever looked at your checking account a week before payday and wondered how you were going to make it?
You’re not alone. In fact, 76% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck.

The Obama administration will continue the extension of federal benefits to married same-sex couples as heterosexual couples, Attorney General Eric Holder will announce on Saturday.
The Justice Department plans to issue a “policy memorandum” on Monday, which will allow same-sex couples to be able to file jointly for bankruptcy and will mandate that they will not be compelled to testify against each other in trial, among other new rights.

In Oregon, if a judgement has been entered against you and you have not filed  bankruptcy, the judgement creditor can garnish your bank account. Once your bank account is garnished, you will receive a challenge to garnishment form which is sometimes also referred to as a Claim of Exemption. Once you receive it,  you will need to complete the form and file it with the court as quickly as possible in order to claim that your property is exempt from garnishment.

Attorney General, Eric Holder, has just announced that the U.S. government will now recognize same-sex marriages as equal to traditional marriages in all federal legal matters.

I’m Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Lawyer Robert Weed. For nearly twenty years, I’ve served people in Herndon from my office in Sterling, VA. Herndon bankruptcy rate–one family of every ten since 2007 Herndon is located in western Fairfax County.  Fairfax is the third highest income county in America, (Loudoun is first) and Herndon has higher income […]The post Herndon Bankruptcy Lawyer Information appeared first on Robert Weed.

Debtors may wonder if they can keep their vehicle in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case if they are still making payments on it.  Others may wonder what can happen if they have been unable to make payments but they still want to retain the vehicle.  Even though there are two options a debtor may have [...]

The unfortunate answer to this question is yes they can. Oregon case law permits bank’s the right of set off which enables them to take money out of your account to pay back any money you owe to them as long as you have signed an agreement giving them that right. If you signed such an agreement, it probably wasn’t when you set up the actual account but when you signed up for the credit card or took out the loan.

Low income debtors, particularly seniors and the disabled, across the state of Oregon are often concerned about a collectors’ ability to garnish of levy their social security or SSI benefits. Thankfully, the answer is almost alays a resounding; however, as with all things, there are exceptions to this rule. These exceptions are as follows:

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