Next Option for Heath Care Revision: No Bankruptcy Discharge

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So here’s the choice, bow down to the new Federal Health Care law or be saddled with all health care costs until you leave this planet. Is that a reasonable option? Oregon’s Representative Peter Defazio believes that it is. Just this week Representative Defazio floated the idea that one way around the recent court decision […]

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Does this describe your situation? You have a home that is worth substantially less that you owe the bank. Every month you struggle to make the payments or perhaps have quit making the payments. You fear that the house will force you into filing a bankruptcy in Knoxville. You’ve heard about Chapter 7 and Chapter […]

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I was reading a case the other day and the phrase “caveat emptor” was used. We don’t use this phrase in East Tennessee, but do use its counter-part: Buyer Beware! If your finances are “challenging,” for example, you don’t answer the phone at night because of the constant harassing creditor calls or you are worried […]

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As the economy continues to take its toll, reporting agency Reuters reports that consumer bankruptcy filings in 2010 were the highest in 5 years. The filing of 1.53 Million consumer bankruptcy cases in 2010 demonstrates more about the economy that the talking heads on the evening news can tell us. Regular working folks, and many […]

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I received a call last week. It began something like this. “I filed my own bankruptcy and now the Chapter 7 Trustee says he is going to sell my house. Can you help?” This is not the first time I’ve received this type of a call. When money is tight, folks are often tempted to […]

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Usually when a governor leaves office all we hear about are the pardons issued during the last week of the term. Many Tennesseans will recall that Lamar Alexander actually took the governor’s oath early to prevent a scandalous grant of additional pardons by the then sitting Governor Winfield Dunn. However, New York’s departing Gov. David […]

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If you filed a bankruptcy case in 2010 you may have forgotten about the tax refund you’ll receive in early 2011. Be assured that you bankruptcy trustee hasn’t forgotten. Just think of the 2010 tax refund as an “account receivable” or legal right to receive money in the future. It’s clearly an asset and is […]

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The Baltimore Business Journal reported on a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case filed by Alan Fabian. It seems that Mr. Fabian filed his case in December 2008 claiming to own nearly $4 Million in assets yet owing some $52 Million. Now that’s a poster child for being “underwater.” Unfortunately for his victims, he is also the […]

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An Amish investment advisor learned that it’s not as easy as saying, “I don’t want to do it any more” and get your Chapter 7 bankruptcy case dismissed. Perhaps you have found yourself in a similar posture. What if you’ve changed your mind? The heat that caused you to make the decision to file bankruptcy […]

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Most Chapter 7 cases proceed in a fairly rapid pace. In Knoxville, the bankruptcy discharge is usually granted within about 120 days of the actual filing of the case. However, sometimes you get a lawsuit filed against you known as a Non-Dischargeability Complaint. So what is it and what should you as the Debtor do? […]

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Next Option for Heath Care Revision: No Bankruptcy Discharge

Will a Short Sale Save You From Bankruptcy?

Buyer Beware: Be Careful When You Hire a Bankruptcy Attorney

Sometimes You Can’t Fix Mistakes Made in Bankruptcy Papers

New York Does What Tennessee Did Earlier in 2010: Increase Exemptions in Bankruptcy

Does Your Tax Refund Belong to the Bankruptcy Trustee?

Bankruptcy Trustee Keeps Fabian From Chapter 7 Discharge

Warning: You Cannot Freely Dismiss Your Bankruptcy Once Filed

How to React to a Non-Dischargeability Complaint in Bankruptcy