Personal Bankruptcy Filing Fees As of today, the court filing fee for a chapter 7 bankruptcy case is $335. The court filing fee for a chapter 13 bankruptcy case is $310. You should plan on having those funds available at the time you meet with your lawyer.

The Facts A former client contacted me recently in an effort to obtain an official transcript for her daughter’s first year of high school at a private school. The facts of the case are undisputed. The debtor filed a chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2010.

If you have no assets and your sole income is Social Security, then you may not have to file chapter 7 bankruptcy. It really depends upon your level of stress and aggravation that you can handle.

I am seeing any increase in potential bankruptcy clients who have parking tickets owed to the city of Chicago on their creditors list. It seems that it’s hard to live in the city of Chicago and not be subject to the wrath of parking tickets.

Finding out that your student loans are suing you can scare the living daylights out of you. Many people do nothing in the hopes that it will just disappear if they ignore the lawsuit. But that’s the most dangerous reaction to being sued for student loans.

Most people are under the misconceptions that if they file for bankruptcy, then they will lose all of their property. This is simply not the case. Most people who file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy retain all of their personal property.

Miami Bankruptcy Attorney Jordan E.

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When you file for bankruptcy, you need to pay a filing fee to the court.
That’s different from any legal fees you may have to pay to a lawyer, or fees you may pay to someone to get the bankruptcy papers typed up neatly.
The filing fee goes directly to the court system.
Here’s what you need to know.

Filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy won’t get rid of a judgment that’s already on your record. Depending on your situation, you may not care.