President Obama recently issued a Memorandum to the heads of the executive departments and agencies regarding Domestic Violence in the workplace. The memo requires the Office of Personnel Management to establish policies to better assist victims of domestic violence who are federal employees…
When you file for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, and indicate on your bankruptcy schedules that you intend to surrender your real property and discharge the underlying mortgage debt, I often recommend to…
Whether or not you may re-file (and the amount of time that must pass before you may re-file bankruptcy) depends on whether or not you received a discharge under your most recent bankruptcy…
Your tax refund is what the bankruptcy court would consider an “unliquidated asset”, and is treated by the bankruptcy court like other personal property. Any unissued tax refunds would need…
The following flow-chart depicts the decision tree for determining whether you qualify for a modification of a Massachusetts alimony order under The Alimony Reform Act of 2011. You always have the…
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Having other people in your household will not implicate your cohabitant(s), inasmuch as the bankruptcy will not affect their credit or discharge any of their debts. However, the means test (for…
First and most importantly, time heals all wounds. Only time can fully repair the damage from a bankruptcy (and being significantly behind on a lot of credit card debt beforehand).
The best…
