When Chapter 7s Are Not So Simple

The goal of most Chapter 7 cases is to get in and get out—file the petition, go to a simple 10-minute hearing with your attorney a month later, and two months later get your debts written off. Mission accomplished, end of story. And usually that’s how it goes. So when it doesn’t go that way, […]

The Trustee in Chapter 7

In bankruptcy you hear a lot about “the trustee.” What does this person do, in a “straight” Chapter 7 case, and in an “adjustment of debts” Chapter 13 one?

The Morality of the American Airlines Chapter 11 Reorganization

A corporation which files bankruptcy is considered to be proactively using a strategic business tool. But a human being who files bankruptcy is considered to be irresponsibly breaking promises to creditors.   Let’s see if this difference in attitude makes sense using the example of the bankruptcy filing of American Airlines in late November. Selecting […]

Keeping Everything You Own Through Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

One good reason that people filing Chapter 7 don’t lose any of their stuff to the bankruptcy trustee—if they did have something to lose, they would likely have filed a Chapter 13 instead. How does Chapter 13 protect what you’d otherwise lose in a Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcy”? As I said at the beginning of […]

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