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 »

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.