Bankruptcy and Property Exemptions
In the Old West, many pioneers came to Texas to elude their creditors. Although the old west has been largely…
Bankruptcy and Auto Loans
It’s been a pretty steep fall for Amy, a Dallas teacher. She bought her first new car in 2009, but…
Bankruptcy and Home Equity
Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Politicians continue to fuss while the mortgage crisis lingers. If you have negative equity in…
The Bankruptcy Setoff
The setoff is an obscure legal provision most often applied in civil lawsuits. But in the context of consumer bankruptcy,…
The Automatic Stay
When you tell your dog to “stay”, a well-trained dog will immediately stop moving. Imagine that you are the bankruptcy…
Filing for Personal Bankruptcy
Stockton, California is the home of the annual Asparagus Festival, singer Chris Isaak, and possibly the largest municipal bankruptcy in…
What Is Chapter 13?
In 2011 there were nearly one million applications for bankruptcy protection. Yet the notion persists that bankruptcy is an embarrassing…
Recovery from Bankruptcy
We all remember General Motors’ bankruptcy filing in 2009. And yet this story, which records GM’s record $7.6 billion (with…
The Chapter 13 Trustee
"God and I are not equals; I can't bring a case against him. We'll never enter a courtroom as peers. …
The Fuller Company
You don’t too often see a Sunbeam anymore You never see a Fuller Brush Man or a dinosaur The voice…