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What Can I Do If I Can’t Afford My Chapter 13 Payments? by Peter Orville of Bankruptcy Law Network You always have options if there are significant changes in your life during your Chapter 13. If you’ve been laid off, become sick, split up … [Continue reading]
Questions the Trustee is required to ask you at your bankruptcy hearing called a 341(a) meeting of creditors: 1. State your name and current address for the record. 2. Please provide your picture ID and Social Security number card for review. 3. … [Continue reading]
Chapter 13 bankruptcy is a powerful tool that may be able to help you end your bill problems. Here are 13 reasons Chapter 13 bankruptcy makes sense written by my Bankruptcy Law Network colleague, Doug Jacobs. Flexibility: you can dismiss the case … [Continue reading]
Please print out this list of documents to compile. Bring these documents to your attorney at the Topeka Bankruptcy Law Office. Always bring us copies and keep the originals for yourself. Your Appointment: Date: ____________ Time: … [Continue reading]
Stop being stressed out by bills you can’t pay! Get the fresh start only the federal bankruptcy laws can give you. Contact us at the Topeka Bankruptcy Law Office today! Mark Neis and Jill Michaux, Topeka's only consumer bankruptcy law … [Continue reading]
Revision of Certain Dollar Amounts in the Bankruptcy Code Prescribed Under Section 104(A) of the Code. Certain dollar amounts in title 11 and title 28, United States Code, are increased. Federal Register: February 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number … [Continue reading]
Check out Money Health Central for free advice on family finances, money, debt, and credit. Penny Saved In The Kitchen Worth Two Pennies Earned Personal Finance Consumer Protection | Money Health Central Why Your Credit Score Won't Be Any … [Continue reading]
Debtors will get to keep one year of earned income tax credits when filing bankruptcy in Kansas. A new law went into effect April 14, 2011, granting the exemption. This change in the law will prevent bankruptcy trustees from taking the portion of … [Continue reading]
We are proud to announce that our own, Jill Michaux, has helped to create another resource for consumers in financial need. Money Health Central is designed to take some of the myth and mystery out of budgeting and finance for regular people who need … [Continue reading]
New local rules for the Kansas Bankruptcy Court went into effect March 17, 2011. 2011_Local_Rules … [Continue reading]
The bankruptcy means test gets a little nicer to Kansas consumer debtors on March 15, 2011, when new, higher median family income figures go into effect. Kansas families will be allowed to have more gross income to pass the bankruptcy means test on … [Continue reading]
The Kansas Bankruptcy Court judges adopted standing order SO_10_02 mandating the use of a chapter 13 plan form for all cases filed after March 1, 2011. Differing language may be used but it must be placed in locations on the form for non-standard … [Continue reading]
Payments to the Topeka Chapter 13 Trustee should be mailed to a new lock box address starting March 1, 2011: Chapter 13 Trustee PO Box 2159 Topeka Kansas 66601-2159 You may also hand deliver to the 24 hour drop box at the trustee's office at … [Continue reading]
In re Montgomery, (Bkrtcy.D.Kan.) (Judge Somers Case No. 10-20869) February 24, 2011: Claims - Taxing authority was entitled to only one 90-day enlargement on top of all suspension periods. The suspension paragraph of the tax priority provision, … [Continue reading]
In re Karr, (Bkrtcy.D.Kan.) (Judge Somers Case No. 09-20008. February 24, 2011: Discharge - Intent to defraud could be inferred from circumstances surrounding diversion of funds. A Chapter 7 debtor's conduct in the year preceding the bankruptcy … [Continue reading]
The Internal Revenue Service is making it easier to set up payment arrangements on delinquent taxes and file less tax liens according to its press release today. The press release is below in its entirety. IRS Announces New Effort to Help … [Continue reading]
