My mother is in a bit of a financial pickle. She has credit card debts, I’m not sure of the exact amount, but over ,000, at least, most of it from a failed person business. She feels that the best option right now is to file for bankruptcy. However, she cannot even afford to do that! It costs somewhere near ,600 for the various court and lawyer fees. She cannot save up because we’re already living paycheck to paycheck. I’m only sixteen, so any job I manage to get won’t do much good. None of our relatives are capable of lending her the money. I don’t think self-filing is a possibility. The whole situation seems kind of hopeless. Any ideas?

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I live in New York City and like most people looking to file bankruptcy its because I don’t have much money and certainly not enough to pay all my debt! I’ve looked into filing and it looks like from what I can tell to file a Chapter 7 will be around 00-2000 in fees, court fee and lawyer fees. Is there a more affordable way to do it without sacrificing on the quality of the filing?

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I live in Michigan and need to file bankruptcy. However, even doing that costs money that I really don't have. I know that I can file it myself and save on lawyer fees, but I don't know how hard the paperwork is to do.

I don't own any real property, nor do I have any mortgage debt. I currently do not have any income – I'm going to school. Mostly its credit card and various other stuff thats almost 5-8 years old now.

Has anyone done this before? And how difficult was it?

Or if I should pay to have it done, does anyone know of a low cost way to go?

Thanks ahead of time!
The debt amount is around ,000

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