Will Bankruptcy Affect My Retirement Money?
Before changes were made to the bankruptcy laws on October 17, 2005, there were rumors abound that it would become very difficult for the average person to file bankruptcy. Did …
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Before changes were made to the bankruptcy laws on October 17, 2005, there were rumors abound that it would become very difficult for the average person to file bankruptcy. Did …
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People often ask me why this phrase is heard so often when they watch law shows on TV or see movies focused on the law. They then ask me “What’s …
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Sometimes our clients at Steidl and Steinberg clients assume that because we help people out of difficult debt situations, and because we do so much work in the bankruptcy court, …
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“Here are my pay stubs. I know it doesn’t show that I am making much money, but I do lots of work under the table.”
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I received a call at Steidl and Steinberg from a potential client. It seems that his son was indebted to Discover for over $10,000 and his son is being sued.
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During the past month alone, I have spoken with five former clients of mine who had filed a bankruptcy proceeding with us at Steidl and Steinberg, but have filed a …
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The caller sounded panicked: “I’m so sorry I waited to call you. And it’s probably too late to do anything. But I am being sued. What do I do next?”
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I met with a nice, hardworking, married mother of three young children today. She and her husband own a modest house in a good neighborhood with a mortgage.They have an older pickup truck and a not-so-new SUV, both with reasonable payments. Both husband and wife are working now, though the husband’s prior unemployment had put them behind the eight ball financially: They have almost $75,000 in unsecured credit consisting of loans and credit cards. They are not paying the debt at this time, and they are being hounded. Since they are not paying the debt, I was curious as to how much money was coming into the household every month. The total is over $6000 net, that means after all the deductions that come out of their paychecks for taxes, insurance, and retirement. I know what you are thinking: Over $6,000.00? That is a lot of money. So I looked at their typical monthly expenses, not including the credit cards and loans above. And it turns out that after those typical expenses, there is about $600.00 per month left over to pay on this debt. Of course, the minimum monthly payment on these debts was over $1,500.00 per month, so there was no way that they could afford to pay anywhere near that. After reviewing the numbers with them, I gave them an option: how about filing a Chapter 13 bankruptcy? Under Chapter 13 bankruptcy, we could get those payments down to $600.00 per month, a savings of $900.00 per month from the $1,500. 00. It would also save them tens of thousands of dollars over the course of the five year plan. What a wonderful idea! At least, I thought so. …