Due to domestic violence in my home, I left my marriage. I drew up a proposal to my (soon-to-be) ex regarding our MASSIVE debt which left me with one medical bill of ,000 (not including interest) and two credit cards of over 00. I also left with only what I could fit in my car and left all our furniture and assets to him. I don’t work full-time, though I’m going to try to soon and I just CANNOT pay these debts. I have no problem with the idea of bankruptcy for myself…however, NOTHING is in my name except our Bank of America overdraft protection credit card and he works for a financial industry and told me that if he has a bankruptcy that he’ll loose his securities license and then his job. It’s not my goal to be malicious and cause that – but I can’t pay these bills. Will it be better for me to wait until the divorce is final and then file bankruptcy on whatever debts the judge gives me? Any advice? I don’t know what to do.

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Also do you know of any bankruptcy lawyers in the Western PA area?

Basically I went into debt consolidation through a non profit organization. I paid them one monthly payment and they dispersed it to all 3 of my creditors.

They have had problems with American Express accepting a proposal, or accepting a proposal then a month later saying no they wanted more than that. So basically they defaulted my account 2 times for this proposal problems and now they want immediate payment of ,300. I do not have that kind of money. I go to school full time, live it at home, drive a car owned by my mom, and work a part time job.

I have tried compromising with them, but they won’t budge. And my mom won’t bail me out because she feels I need to fix this myself. I know bankruptcy is a major step but I am just trying to look at all of my options.
Also if you know of anyone who has gone through a similar situation with American Express let me know. I would love someone to talk to about this.

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