Recent Blog Posts
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Facing bankruptcy may make you feel stigmatized, as though everyone is judging you for your financial “failure.” The truth is you have a lot of company, including folks you probably assume would never have to worry about money. The following are just a few famous people who are dealing with bankruptcy in 2013: Sinbad, long… Read More »
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After you have gone through a bankruptcy, the number one concern you should have is how to avoid winding up in the same situation again. If you want to improve your credit rating, keep your house and stay out of debt, you need to avoid the same missteps that led to the original financial crisis…. Read More »
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A previous blog published in August 2013 re-visited the important role of exemptions in a Chapter 7 case of shielding certain property from the trustee and creditors so that the property (in this case, the stream of income from an annuity) will be available for a debtor’s “fresh start”. In Silliman v. Cassell, the property the debtor wished to shield… Read More »