I’ve read a bit of things about chapter 7, but one thing isn’t clear. Under the new laws, I do qualify for it. I’m in Missouri. It says I can keep the car up to the value of 3k. My car is work 7k. I obviously cannot afford nor would I qualify to get a new car and I have no money (which is why the bankruptcy). I live alone and can’t go without a car. What will happen in this case? I have no other assets other than that.
I have to give my house back to the bank and was wondering how hard it is to claim bankruptcy under the new laws
I don’t know the new laws.
If you reside in one state, leave the country for 6 months and when you come back you are in a different state. In what state do you file for Bankruptcy (Chapter 7 or 13) according to the new laws.?
I have been researching filing Chapter 13 bankruptcy, but have had estimates of cost anywhere from 0 to ,500. Nobody can seem to tell me until they start into the process. I know my case is fairly straightforward, I have no real estate or property to protect other than a car, and have other debts as well, but nothing unusual or elaborate.
I understand some of the fees are included in the Chapter 13 plan and paid over time.
I just want to know approximately how much I have to come up with in the beginning, out of my pocket, to file.
Does anyone have any real experience going through this, with the new laws the way they are now?
Currently I have about ,500 worth of debt that include credit cards, a personal loan, and doctor bills. I recently became unemployed and I haven’t been able to make payments on any of my debts.
I’m fairly young and of course my interest rates are high, ranging from 16%-24%. I use to not only pay my bills on time, I paid them all early. I like paying my bills. I don’t want to file bankruptcy but in this situation I don’t know what to do. I expect to starting working within 4 weeks.
If I try to start making payments, it will take several months to get caught up. I live with my family and I’m basically head of the household. I take care of my family of 5, and that’s why I’m in debt.
I don’t want to go to one of those companies that you make a monthly payment to and they make payments to your creditors. I could do that myself, and I would still be in the same situation.
Is filing for bankruptcy the right thing to do? Will I be able to, considering the new laws?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAGzLfmV4Ks
"The 0 billion bailout for Wall Street, is driven by fear not fact. This is too much money in too a short a time going to too few people while too many questions remain unanswered.
Why aren’t we having hearings on the plan we have just received? Why aren’t we questioning the underlying premise of the need for a bailout with taxpayers’ money? Why have we not considered any alternatives other than to give 0 billion to Wall Street? Why aren’t we asking Wall Street to clean up its own mess? Why aren’t we passing new laws to stop the speculation, which triggered this? Why aren’t we putting up new regulatory structures to protect investors? How do we even value the 0 billion in toxic assets?
Why aren’t we helping homeowners directly with their debt burden? Why aren’t we helping American families faced with bankruptcy. Why aren’t we reducing debt for Main Street instead of Wall Street? Isn’t it time for fundamental change in our debt based monetary system, so we can free ourselves from the manipulation of the Federal Reserve and the banks? Is this the United States Congress or the board of directors of Goldman Sachs? Wall Street is a place of bears and bulls. It is not smart to force taxpayers to dance with bears or to follow closely behind the bulls."
jeremy: Yeah, that’s a good speech, too!