What can you do if you have an unresponsive bankruptcy lawyer not returning your calls? Two clients had this problem with another bankruptcy lawyer. Each case involving an unresponsive bankruptcy lawyer concerned people in chapter 13 cases. Both were represented by the same attorney. What were the situations? Each chapter 13 plan had been confirmed…
Do you have current divorce obligations that you cannot pay? At one time these types of debts, so long as they were not child support, alimony or spousal support were easily discharged in a chapter 7 bankruptcy. In 2001 I filed a bankruptcy for a divorced mother. She received a business in the divorce that…
Are debts left off included in my Bankruptcy? Clients frequently call me sometime after they file for bankruptcy concerned that they left off a bill or two. Bankruptcy is an incredibly paper intensive proceeding. When you first plan to become a client you are instructed on what to bring to my office to prepare your…
Lack of Feasibility: The New Chapter 13 Wrinkle Feasibility issues. The Chapter 13 Trustee for the Cleveland division of the bankruptcy court has increasingly been filing motions to dismiss confirmed chapter13 cases. The latest issue: the plan is not feasible. What on earth does this mean? For a plan to be confirmed in a chapter…
Your chapter 13 case is filed. This means that your chapter 13 plan proposes you pay from your income on a monthly basis. This does not mean you just make one payment a month and all is well. The plain fact is that you are likely in this mess precisely because you did not make…