I am thinking of filing for chapter 13 bankruptcy. I don’t qualify for chapter 7. There is a few things I don’t understand, if I owe a total of 30,000 with creditors, some of which had interest and late fees accumulate. Will I be able to have the court take of the interest that accumulated. For instance I have a credit card with 00 balance and due to late payments & interests its 00. Will I be able to remove the extra 00 that was incurred.

Can I file the paper work myself? What would it entail? I checked a lawyer in NY and he wanted 00. The reason why I am filing for bankruptcy is because I can’t afford the bills. Does anyone know the typical fee for a bankruptcy attorney in NYC.

Do I have to pay the attorney in full for the creditors to stop calling?
How does filing chapter 13 affects getting a job down the road, particularly in the engineering field, IE utility, phone, construction etc.?

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I own a business and am worried that I may possibly be going out of business . If I need to file for bankruptcy, I hope that doesn’t mean my house can be taken away. I bought this house last year and am paying a monthly mortgage without any late payments.
Some of you asked where I am since this the law varies state to state, I live in Texas.

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All payments were made on time through garnishment from paycheck. Late payments were posted in 2007-2009, but I filed in 2006. Is it even legal for them to post late payments while in Chapter 13.

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I am confused as to what to do – my husband and I recently reconciled and between the two of us, we have ,000 in unsecured credit card debt. Although he makes very good money, approx. 00 per month, we cannot keep up on all the minimum payments for these cards, let alone trying to pay the principal.

He has a car payment and we own our house (or we will in 27 years anyway – we have not been late on the mortgage as that is our top priority. We also have 4 kids…… should we file? We figure since we have the house and vehicles that we can deal with the bad, bad credit that this will result in but are we forgetting something?

We considered a debt consolidation but we heard this is more often then not a scam and ruins your credit as much as or more then a bankruptcy. Any advice is appreciated ~ thank you.
Unfortunately all the late payments have resulted in a credit rating in the 500’s which is too low to qualify for a re-fi.

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I am really struggling to make payments on my credit cards. My credit score is already fairly bad, and I don’t want to make it worse by making late payments. Would it hurt me for a long time to settle on one of my credit cards? If they do accept a settlement, what % should I go for?

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