Why Chapter 13 is So Nifty
Chapter 7 is short and sweet and to the point. It often gets what you need—a discharge (a legal write-off) of all or almost all of your debts. But in SO many situations, Chapter 13 gives you so much more. A couple blogs ago I showed a simple Chapter 13 case works. In my example, […]
$36 Billion in Student Loans Is Owed by Americans 60 Years Old and Older
This $36 billion is owed by 2 million older Americans. Garnishment of their Social Security benefits to pay these student loans has skyrocketed.
Some Student Loan Borrowers Get Some Relief
About 1.6 million student loans borrowers are now able to make smaller monthly payments, and make less of these payments before the remaining balances are forgiven. Last October, President Obama announced these improvements to the Income-Based Repayment Plan. The changes are simple. 1. Monthly payments: Under the Income-Based Repayment Plan, payments are capped “at an […]
What Makes Your Bankruptcy Simple, and Not So Simple?
If your financial life is legally simple, your bankruptcy will likely be simple. What is it about your financial life that makes for a not so simple bankruptcy case? Bankruptcy can be very flexible. If your finances are complicated, bankruptcy likely has a decent way to deal with all the messes. My new clients are […]
Bankruptcy Can Solve Your Debt Problems Even If You Can’t Write Off Every Debt
Don’t disregard bankruptcy as an option just because it does not write off the debt which is your immediate headache. There’s likely some good medicine for that headache after all.
Debts You Really Care About, and WANT to Pay
In bankruptcy, are you allowed to favor: 1) creditors with collateral, so that you can keep the collateral; 2) creditors toward whom you have special loyalty; and 3) creditors who have extraordinary leverage against you?
Student Loans Are a Cash Cow for the Federal Government?
The federal government is making billions of dollars for itself on student loans every year. So why double the interest rate on the loans next year? To boost those profits.
The Widening Circles of Harm from Student Loan Debt
Student loans are not just burdening recent graduates. They’re now directly hurting people you wouldn’t expect. And dragging down the whole economy.
How Come My Attorney Cannot Always Tell me Which of My Debts Will be Discharged under Chapter 7?
Most of the time your attorney will know which debts will be legally written off in your bankruptcy. But not always, for two reasons.
Bankruptcy Private Student Loans
Will I be able to discharge my private sector student loans thru bankruptcy?