Bankruptcy

Importance Of The Claims Bar Date In A Bankruptcy

Call: 888-297-6203 The Claims Bar date is indispensable in a bankruptcy. All the creditors are supposed to make a claim on the debtor’s estate till this date or they will not be allowed to collect their debt. This date gets generated automatically after the filing of the case, and first appears on the Notice of Filing. The creditors, who receive the notice of bankruptcy, must make a claim within 90 days. In case of improper bankruptcy notification, a creditor might be allowed to make a late claim. Governmental Units also have a claims bar date, though they get [...]

2025-08-12T12:06:16+00:00

The Bare Bones Filing In Bankruptcy

Call: 888-297-6203 There is a sale date for your Jacksonville home. You have been counting on the possibility of mortgage modification because of which you were delaying in filing a bankruptcy, but now you have only 24 hours before the selling of your home. However, this can be stopped from happening. Filing for bankruptcy, even a few hours before the selling of the home, will bring the automatic stay in effect. An automatic stay stops the creditors from collecting until either the completion of the bankruptcy or the court’s permission for collecting again. There is a lot of [...]

2025-08-21T13:22:52+00:00

The Mobster Museum Files For A Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Call: 888-297-6203 The Las Vegas Mobster Museum has gone bankrupt with a debt of 5.8 million dollars and has filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The museum, after the FBI evidence room, has the world’s largest collection of crime artifacts. The debt owed by the museum is proportionally more than the amount that Capone had owed to the IRS. Capone owed $215,000 to the IRS, at the time of his arrest in 1931, which is equivalent to almost 3 million dollars in today’s time. It had lead to 11 years’ imprisonment for Capone. JVLV Holdings LLC purchased the [...]

2025-08-26T09:17:54+00:00

Married Couples Get Unique Benefits In Bankruptcy Cases And Wage Garnishment

Call: 888-297-6203 Married debtors might get a unique opportunity over unmarried debtors in defending wage garnishments. Exemption from the garnishment of all the disposable earnings is allowed to any Head of a family under Section 222.11 of the Florida Statutes. According to Section 222.11(1)(c), ‘Head of the family’ is defined as any person who provides more than 50% support of the dependents. Thus, both the spouses can exempt their wages from garnishment, if each is providing more than half of the child support. Another trick used in a bankruptcy case is of filing for ‘Tenancy by the Entireties’, [...]

2025-08-12T13:30:16+00:00

Bankruptcy Filings Before The Holidays Are Beneficial

Call: 888-297-6203 Bankruptcy filings in Jacksonville are at their lowest from November to February as no one wants to go bankrupt during holidays. The reason for this is that despite being in debt, people are still bound to buy gifts for friends and family. There are many ‘Exceptions to Discharge’ listed in 11 U.S.C. § 523. The goods and services which are reasonable and necessary for the support and maintenance of the debtor and his or her dependents are exempted. Presents, even the traditional ones, will be considered a luxury except if they are especially modest. Such pre-filing [...]

2025-08-25T12:07:04+00:00

Medical Debts Might Lead To Filing For Bankruptcy

Call: 888-297-6203 According to the Census Bureau, one out of six Americans does not have health insurance. Thus, suffering from an illness or other medical problems has become one of the most common reasons to file for bankruptcy. Most of us are surviving on the edge in the current economic circumstances. According to the data of the Census, revolving debt of about $5,100 is carried by the average American cardholder at any one time. It takes only an illness or an accident to make people fall behind on their bills. After that, the rates of interest are increased [...]

2025-08-12T12:15:50+00:00

Bankruptcy Attorney Suspended For Giving Bad Advice To The Client

Call: 888-297-6203 George Sadorus’ decision to hire a bankruptcy attorney over the internet proved to be harmful to him. He really should have heard the warning bells when his attorney had asked him to be dishonest with the Trustee about his inability to attend the 341 Meeting of Creditors. A paralegal had advised Sadorus that $8,000 which was there in his bank account would be exempt in the bankruptcy. Later, the paralegal did not inform the attorney about the account, and thus the attorney filed Sadorus’ case without disclosing $8,000 in his account. As soon as the attorney [...]

2025-08-21T13:08:26+00:00

Importance Of Hiring A Bankruptcy Attorney

Call: 888-297-6203 Filing for bankruptcy is a complex process, especially for the ones who try to do it alone. Thus, it is extremely necessary and beneficial to have a Recovery Law Group attorney to successfully find your way through bankruptcy. A few reasons for this are: There are several calculations involved that need to be done correctly. It’s important for you to know the bankruptcy chapter that you qualify for. One way to do this is to complete a Means test, but it is a complicated thing to do. You will be required to know about the workable [...]

2025-08-21T13:23:12+00:00

Avoid Concealing Assets In Bankruptcy

Call: 888-297-6203 Desperate times call for desperate measures, however, they might not work every time. if you are thinking of filing for bankruptcy to get rid of the huge amount of debt, concealing your assets is one of the worst things you could do to hamper your chances of getting a discharge say lawyers of Los Angeles based bankruptcy law firm Recovery Law Group. Hiding anything, from a small family heirloom to money to property can cause you problems later. You are required to list all items considered your asset in your bankruptcy petition. Just because you are [...]

2025-08-25T13:16:46+00:00

Hiding Things In Bankruptcy Might Be A Bad Idea

Call: 888-297-6203 Honesty is the best policy in life, especially if you are filing for bankruptcy, say lawyers of Los Angeles based bankruptcy law firm Recovery Law Group. When you file your bankruptcy papers, it is important that you mention all your assets, income and debts and not hide things. This is because sooner or later a disclosure might hamper your chances of getting debts discharged through bankruptcy. In fact, you might even end up getting your bankruptcy discharged or worse, get jail time. since you are required to sign bankruptcy documents, if anything mentioned on them is [...]

2025-08-21T13:08:45+00:00
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