As long as you like. And in some respects, not at all.
You’re in debt and can’t climb out of the hole. So you bite the bullet and file for bankruptcy.
It’s not what you wanted to do, but it’s what you needed to do.
Now, sitting with your discharge in hand, you wonder: how long will this drag me down?
Tough question.

Bankruptcy Lawyer - Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Lawyer Jordan E. Bublick has an office in Miami and has over 25 years of experience in filing chapter 13 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. His office is located in Miami at 1221 Brickell Ave., 9th Fl., Miami and may be reached at (305) 891-4055. www.bublicklaw.com  

Miami Personal Bankruptcy Lawyer Jordan E. Bublick has over 25 years of experience in filing chapter 13 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. His office is in Miami at 1221 Brickell Ave., 9th Fl., Miami and may be reached at (305) 891-4055. www.bublicklaw.com  

In Florida, domicile is generally regarded as the place where a person has a fixed abode with the present intention of making it his permanent home. One established, a domicile continues until it is superseded by a new one.

Jordan E. Bublick is a personal bankruptcy lawyer in Miami with over 25 years of experience in filing chapter 13 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. He has filed over 8,000 bankruptcy cases. His office is located as 1221 Brickell Ave., 9th Fl., Miami, Florida. Telephone (305) 891-4055. www.bublicklaw.com 

Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy is generally used to discharge your dischargeable debt including credit cards, medical bills, and unsecured loans.

Miami Bankruptcy Attorney Jordan E. Bublick has over 25 years of experience in filing chapter 13 and chapter 7 bankruptcy cases. His office is in Miami at 1221 Brickell Ave., 9th Fl., Miami and may be reached at (305) 891-4055. www.bublicklaw.com  

The case of Mejia vs. Ruiz, 3rd DCA, May 14, 2008, 3D07-2254 involved  proceedings supplementary against shareholders and directors of a judgment debtor corporation. After the corporation was sued, shareholders took corporate assets and left the corporation insolvent. A writ of execution was issued on corporation. Proceedings supplementary were subsequently pursued pursuant to 56.29.

You get a Motion to Dismiss in the mail from the Chapter 13 Trustee. Breathe and contact your attorney. In both Oregon and Washington, there are maybe four reasons why you have been sent this Motion. First, your case has not been confirmed yet and there are some areas that the Trustee would like to resolve prior to confirmation.  Second, you have been missing payments. Third, you were supposed to send in your tax returns every year you were in Chapter 13 and you haven’t sent in one of the returns yet.

When filing for bankruptcy, you don’t want to pay too much for an attorney. You also don’t want to pay too little.
There are about a dozen bankruptcy attorneys who routinely file Chapter 7 cases in New York City. When it comes to Chapter 13, there are maybe half that number.

Debtors have the option of filing “pro se” (Latin phrase meaning for oneself), but they are warned the process includes levels of complication when tackled without a bankruptcy attorney.  Some think the process is simple since you can easily download forms required online to get your case filed.  Although if you fail to file the [...]