It is a court order releasing a debtor from all of his or her dischargeable debts and ordering the creditors not to attempt to collect them from the debtor. A debt that is discharged is one that the debtor is released from and does not have to pay. Some debts, however, are not released by a Chapter 7 discharge, and some persons are not eligible for a Chapter 7 discharge.
With foreclosures at record levels nationwide you may be able to file a Chapter 13 and save your home. Even if you are thousands of dollars behind in your payments a Chapter 13 filing could stop the foreclosure and give you time to pay back the arrearage and get back on track. Call us today and we can explain how Chapter 13 may work for you.
As credit card debt underlies many bankruptcy filings, it is not surprising that prospective bankruptcy filers want to know if they should stop paying credit card debt if they plan to file for bankruptcy.
At first blush, the answer to this question should be obvious - why should anyone “throw good money after bad?” However, I think that your decision in this matter should merit some thought.
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Credit card companies, or any creditor for that matter, can sue a debtor and may be able to take the debtor’s home, real estate, car, boat or any other personal property they own. People seem to think that if they don’t sign something that gives a creditor a lien on collateral, the creditor can’t take it. That is not true. Further fueling this misconception is the advise of so-called money experts like Suze Orman, who I have personally heard give false information that creditors can’t take a person’s home. Creditors can sue a person and take their home, car and other property - and they do!
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