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I'm considering filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Kentucky, but I'm concerned because I'm expecting a settlement payment from a personal injury lawsuit related to a car wreck. I haven't started the bankruptcy filing process yet, and I'm supposed to receive the settlement... View More 
answered on Apr 30, 2025
The personal injurdy lawsuit exemption allows you to keep a small settlement of up to about $31,575.00. However, if the settlement is large, 100,0000, and you get it after filing, it is subject to the Trustee taking the settlement and paying off the creditors with it. If you wait to file bankruptcy... View More
I am considering filing for bankruptcy. My father passed away in September 2023, and his estate just settled. I have received his home, valued at $25,000, which needs repairs and has no water. There is no debt or lien on it. I haven't officially transferred the title yet. Can this home be... View More
answered on Mar 18, 2025
You have a 27,900 exemption that allows you to keep up to 27900 in equity in your home you live in. It must be your residence. You also have a 4500 exemption for a car. If you live in the home and the truck is in your name you should have no problem.
Co-habitation or significant other and I share debt. I own my home while my partner did not own property when he filed bankruptcy. I attempted a Chapter 13 but it was dismissed as the courts wanted more than I can pay. I did not want to loose my home. Bankruptcy attorney instructed us to return the... View More
answered on Sep 23, 2024
A debt collector is not restricted to just attaching your home. He can garnish wages, a bank account, and even attach a car or furniture to be sold to satisfy the debt. All at the same time but he is limited to the amount of the debt. The judgment often allows him to collect interest and... View More
I am not sure if i put a stop on the ach withdraw through my bank for $30 and not contact my loan company or do I send an email to my loan company and tell them, and revoke authorization? I don’t think I am supposed to tell them i am going to be filing bankruptcy?
answered on Jun 3, 2024
I fail to see any benefit in telling your bank or lender that you are filing before you file. You would give them information that is probably not helpful to you. They are certainly not going to tell you how to not pay them or how to sue them. I would go to the bank and issue a stop payment.
answered on May 12, 2024
Absolutely, this is a problem. You gave her your ownership interest in the car. You have some exemptions that allow you to keep your car. But if you give property away before filing, it becomes a fraudulent transfer, and you now have no exemption that allows you to keep the auto. The auto is no... View More
answered on Jan 25, 2024
The mortgage company normally pays the insurance during the foreclosure. I don't know if the insurance company is sending you the bill because you contracted for insurance or the insurance was forced placed and contracted for by the mortgage company. Either way, you normally are not liable for... View More
answered on Dec 31, 2023
The creditor with a lien on it can take it regardless of whether it is your only means of transportation. They have an ownership interest in it if they have a lien on it. Also, anyone who sues you and places a lien on property can take it, whether it is a tax lien, IRS lien, student loan, or... View More
I OWN MY VEHICLE BUT USED IT AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN. I WANT TO GET RID OF THE LOAN IN THE BANKRUPTCY BUT WOULD THAT MEAN I LOSE MY ONE AND ONLY VEHICLE AS WELL?
answered on Mar 27, 2024
When you use the car as security the lender ends up with an ownership interest in the car. If you file bankruptcy you can normally still pay the loan and keep the auto. There are no free cars or homes in bankruptcy. The only exception I know of is occassionally the lender forgets to file the... View More
answered on Mar 11, 2024
Your discharge is your final decree. Post discharge, you can do as you please. But getting back into debt destroys the work you did to get out of debt.
The notice states they are acting on behalf of US Bank, who she has also never had any accounts with. They name my Dad first in the notice, but he passed away in 2011. What step should she take first?
answered on Aug 28, 2023
See an attorney immediately. After the home is sold at an auction you cannot get it back. It may be there is a loan out there he signed for. It may be identity theft. But you really need an appointment immediately. At the start of a case there are defenses you lose if you don't assert them... View More
I have two loans one tied to a cd and a credit card in business name.
answered on Jan 18, 2023
It should only affect you personally if you also guaranteed the debt. Most businesses are a separate entity just like a separate person. You are only liable for a debt to a creditor if you agreed to be liable for it. You can co-sign with your company or a person and be held liable.
My fiance is making the payment for me and its not really effecting my budget and i am up to date and current on all my payment in my bankrupcy and the credit card. I really dont want to draw this to my lawyers attention. Will this cause my case to be dismissed
We filed together approx 2 years ago, prior to divorcing, and this if the first year we are having to turn in our tax returns, but I received a motion stating he had not done this. I do not know how to protect myself in this situation. He has a car with my name on it and I have a car with both... View More
answered on Jun 20, 2022
The bankruptcy case will be dismissed if the ex does not pay the tax refund. I fail to see why you would be in Chapter 13 unless you have a large income, a large amount of assets, student loans, or income taxes which you need to manage in Chapter 13.
You may want to be dismissed from the... View More
My wife’s father has called and threatened me physically. He has now done this for the second time now. Both my wife and my names are on the mortgage.
answered on Jun 20, 2022
If you are not feeling safe and he is threatening you, then you must prosecute the father as fully as possible. Get a restraining order if you need to. If she does not allow you to feel safe or threatens you, you need a divorce. This is no longer a healthy relationship; you are no longer... View More
answered on Apr 18, 2021
No the automatic stay does not protect you automatically from a lanlord eviction. However there is a section of the bankruptcy code that allows you to pay the rent you are behind on into the court and force the landlord to accept it. Then you can finish the remaining months of your lease. This... View More
answered on Apr 1, 2021
All the foreclosure files are at the county circuit court clerks office.
You check the progress on your case at the court clerk's office.
It is also available on line if you have access to courtnet.
The docket is normally published on the court website but there... View More
$132000. I have not maintained Insurance instead put in a ADT Security that call the fire dept if fire or theft. I have been late on some monthly payments. I have paid a total of $66000 so far. I am disabled. He is pursuing Foreclosure. What can I do??
answered on Mar 29, 2021
Putting in an adt system is not insurance. I am not looking at your contract but normally a lender or seller has the right to purchase the insurance and add it to your payments and the price of the home. If you don't purchase insurance a seller or mortgage company often will. The insurance... View More
If so does that mean she doesn’t have to pay me what the judge ordered her to pay and is there a way to stop her from not paying us and adding it to the bankruptcy when she files? We filed the case in small claims before she ever started to file for bankruptcy but now she’s saying her lawyer is... View More
answered on Sep 16, 2020
If she has filed bankruptcy you are barred from collection. Dont even think about it. However, the only way to properly check is to call the court clerk. Do not trust her to file. Clients often claim they filed or will file. She is only protected if she actually files the bankruptcy. The... View More
He hasn't been chipped. But he may have been registered by the breeder.
answered on Aug 26, 2020
Every Divorce case depends on the facts who paid for the dog, who owned the dog prior to the couple getting together and 100 other facts that can be brought up. Normally registering a dog is from the breeder to the purchaser. You can't just register the dog with the AKC without the breeder... View More
it to them?? and it says the letter needs to be "served" to the trustee and debtors counsel?? again, mail it?
answered on Aug 12, 2020
If a motion for relief from stay has been filed in your case your lawyer should file a response, not you. If you have no lawyer you have a limited time to file an objection or the mortgage company will go back to state court and sell the home. What commonly happens is the debtor fails to make... View More
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