After a collector obtains a judgement against you, the collector can obtain an order that requires you to appear in court to answer questions about your income and assets in order to determine whether there a. Note: If you file bankruptcy prior to the date of the judgement debtor exam, you will not need to appear at all. If you are not filing bankruptcy prior to the judgement debtor exam, there are three things to remember:

You can protect your home in Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Under California law, you may be able to protect real estate from creditors even if you don’t live there. But when you walk into bankruptcy court, the game changes.

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Bringing you the most up-to-date news, tips and blogs throughout the web. Here’s your Bankruptcy Update for June 25, 2013 Sly Stone Wants Ex-Manager’s Bankruptcies Tossed Wind firm sued by state of Minnesota files Chapter 7 bankruptcy Detroit bankruptcy could force museums to auction off cultural treasures to help pay city debt

Kelly Rutherford filed for bankruptcy protection after dealing with financial struggles stemming from her child custody case against her ex-husband Daniel Giersch.  Rutherford claims she is unable to pay her bills, while paying close to $2 million in legal fees in connection with the custody battle involving the couple’s two young children.

This is part of our series on How To File Bankruptcy.

Filing for bankruptcy can help you eliminate or regain control of your financial obligations.  Keep in mind, it may not be the only option for you to consider, but many see it as a last resort when they have done other actions to try and resolve financial issues.  Bankruptcy experts and credit counselors even suggest [...]

Last week, I was reminded about the importance of taking care of Chapter 13 business early.  I got stuck in court for 4 hours waiting to have a 45 second conversation with the Chapter 13 trustee.My case involved a trustee motion to dismiss.  My client had filed Chapter 13 about 2 years ago and earlier this year he lost his job and thus fell behind on his trustee payments.  The trustee filed a motion to dismiss, with a hearing scheduled for mid-May.  A couple of days before the hearing my client called to say that he had landed a new job and could I buy him some time.

On June 27, 2013, Managing Attorney Chris Jones was a featured speaker at a Consumer Bankruptcy Association presentation in Royal Oak, Michigan.  He instructed both consumer and creditor bankruptcy attorneys about the changes made to the district’s model Chapter 13 plan effective January 2013.  He covered such topics as handling debtors’ income tax refunds and whether [...]The post Attorney Chris Jones Speaks

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