A foreclosure is the process where your mortgage company takes back the title to your house. Title is a legal term and essentially means who owns what. I have title to my house. If I look it up in the town’s records, you see my name right next to it just like yours. In New … Continued

A Chapter 13 bankruptcy is the bankruptcy where you propose a re-payment plan. Now, the difference between a Chapter 13 and a Chapter 7 is in a Chapter 13 you propose a plan to repay some creditors. For example, you are behind on your mortgage but you want to keep your house, you can force … Continued

Many people who file for bankruptcy are worried that they will lose everything that they own as a result of their filing. However, debts are dischargeable during bankruptcy. Debts that are dischargeable in bankruptcy are, except for a really limited list that Congress went through the trouble to write out, are generally all of them. … Continued

The law in the State of New Jersey was changed in 2006 for bankruptcy where before you file your case, you have to do credit counseling. Conveniently enough, you don’t actually have to go anywhere. These classes are all online and they all have 1-800 numbers if you don’t have a computer. It takes about … Continued

When people hear bankruptcy, they automatically assume they are going to lose everything they own. Luckily, that is not the case. Depending on your circumstances and the type of bankruptcy that you file for, you may be able to keep a lot more than you think. The things that you can hold onto in bankruptcy, … Continued

Filing for bankruptcy is not an easy decision to make but in some situations, it becomes the only thing that you can do. It is very daunting but it is more common than people think. The benefits for filing bankruptcy depend on the person. The most common conversation I have is that you can do … Continued

A lot of clients come to our firm and ask whether or not they can reaffirm their mortgage. Super technically, you can only reaffirm as to personality, which is a fancy way of saying assets other than land. A mortgage is a lien on land, so it can’t be reaffirmed, right? Well, maybe. When you get a mortgage, … Continued

To prepare for filing bankruptcy, there are a lot of documents that you have to get together. In my office, I have a two-page list that I hand to people. Generally, the documents consist of your most recently filed tax return, your last six months’ proof of income, which can consist of pay stubs or … Continued

A lot of people ask, “Can I ever have a credit card again?” Bankruptcy stays on your credit report for 10 years, but credit is like skin. Have you ever had a really deep cut? Your skin recovers. Sometimes it leaves a mark, sometimes you have a little bit of a scar, but the skin … Continued