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Q: Wondering about the legal process for removing a dismissed chapter 13 that was never meant to be filed?

Last year I was my wages started getting garnished- immediately after getting back to work after a layoff. My plant kept sending us home because of reported COVID cases so we looked into a bankruptcy attorney to stop drowning in case it got any worse.

My plant was talking about another... View More

Trent Harris
Trent Harris
answered on Jan 13, 2021

You cannot remove the fact that you filed a chapter 13 bankruptcy from your credit report. You filed the chapter 13 - it happened, it's a fact. You can't "unring the bell" and change the facts at this point.

A credit reporting agency has no obligation to remove or...
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Q: I’m in a chapter 13 in Michigan. The tax refund portion of my case is silent. Will I get a refund if so how much?

My chapter 13 In Michigan tax refund portion is silent. Will I get a refund? If so how much am I an entitled to keep if this is silent. I really wouldn’t mind them keeping it if it paid my case off faster but this pandemic has put me out of work and I need all of my refund or pretty close to it.... View More

W. J. Winterstein Jr.
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W. J. Winterstein Jr.
answered on Jan 9, 2021

Your Plan (whether before confirmation or thereafter) can be modified.

Your Plan commonly identifies the source of your funds, current and in the future, that will be used to make payments to the Plan, and routinely, that source is your current and future earnings.

It is at least...
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Q: We are in a chapter 13 and I'm wondering what will happen to our stimulus check? Considering Michigan shutdown.

My job put me on layoff a week before the shutdown here in Michigan and now our shop is closed like many others. My husband is still working as he is a mechanic but that is a unknown as to how long that will be as its based on business and if there isn't any then he wont be working. So with... View More

Trent Harris
Trent Harris
answered on Mar 26, 2020

You're probably in luck! Sect. 1113 of the CARES Act, which was just passed by the Senate, says the definition of “income” in the Bankruptcy Code for chapters 7 and 13 will exclude coronavirus-related payments from the federal government from being treated as “income” for purposes of... View More

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