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Chapter 7 Can . . . Help You Deal with Secured Debts from Your Closed Business

August 1, 2016 by Chris Kane

Chapter 7 puts you more in control over whether to keep or surrender the collateral that secures your business debts. As you close down your business, what would you like to do with the collateral securing your business loans and debts? Is the collateral a business asset you no longer need? Then ... Read More »

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: business assets, business collateral, business debts, business disputes, business fraud, secured debt

Your Simple Debts, Your Complicated Debts

June 6, 2016 by Chris Kane

Chapter 7 gives you a fresh financial start by legally erasing most of your debts. That’s great if your debts are simple ones.   Simple Debts and Complicated Ones You have debts that are overwhelming you. If you go through a procedure called Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcy,” in ... Read More »

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Procedure Tagged With: Chapter 13, Chapter 7, discharge, discharge of debts, secured debt, unsecured debt

Three Types of Debts

April 6, 2016 by Chris Kane

Your debts can be “secured,” “priority” or “general unsecured.” How they're treated in bankruptcy depends on which type they are.   The purpose of bankruptcy is to deal with your debts. You want to know: Will you still owe anything to anybody after filing bankruptcy? What happens to debts you ... Read More »

Filed Under: Bankruptcy History, Bankruptcy Procedure Tagged With: Chapter 13 plan, Chapter 7, discharge of debts, general unsecured debts, Portland bankruptcy lawyer, priority debts, priority debts in Troutdale OR, secured debt, secured debts in Portland OR

Chapter 7 and Chapter 13–Encumbered Assets

September 28, 2015 by Chris Kane

Some of the assets you may want to protect in a bankruptcy case are those that are security for debts.   Collateral and Other Security on Secured Debts Everything you own is either legally encumbered by a debt or is yours free and clear of any debt. Possessions which are encumbered by a ... Read More »

Filed Under: Chapter 13, Chapter 7 Tagged With: Chapter 13 plan, Chapter 7, cramdown, discharge, secured debt

Mistakes to Avoid–Surrendering Your Vehicle or Getting it Repossessed

September 2, 2015 by Chris Kane

Bankruptcy can save your truck or vehicle various ways. Enable you to pay for it by wiping out other debts. Or even likely pay less for it.   The Pleasant Surprises of Bankruptcy Most of the time people go to see a bankruptcy attorney they are pleasantly surprised by what options are available ... Read More »

Filed Under: Vehicle Loans Tagged With: secured debt, vehicle arrearage, vehicle cram down, vehicle cramdown, vehicle repossession, vehicle surrender

Making Sense of Bankruptcy: How Secured Debts are Treated in a Chapter 7 “Straight Bankruptcy”

July 13, 2015 by Chris Kane

Bankruptcy pays a lot of attention to and can help you deal with your secured debts in many favorable ways. Here’s today’s sentence that we’re explaining to help you understand bankruptcy: Filing a Chapter 7 case gives you some truly important benefits for dealing with your ... Read More »

Filed Under: Chapter 7 Tagged With: consumer debts, reaffirmation, redemption, secured debt, vehicle repossession, vehicle surrender

Making Sense of Bankruptcy: How Does Chapter 7 Handle the Collateral Securing My Debts?

May 18, 2015 by Chris Kane

When you file a Chapter 7 "straight bankruptcy" case you can keep and pay for collateral or return it and not pay the debt.   Here’s today’s sentence that we’re explaining to help make sense of bankruptcy: If a debt is truly secured by collateral you usually have the option of ... Read More »

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Procedure Tagged With: Chapter 7, reaffirmation, secured creditors, secured debt, unsecured creditors, vehicle loan

Making Sense of Bankruptcy: The Chapter 13 Payment Plan

April 20, 2015 by Chris Kane

Chapter 13 is all about what you can and can’t do with your creditors in your court-approved plan.   With our last blog post we started a series to help you understand bankruptcy better, by having us explain the legal terms in a sentence you might hear, so that it all starts to make ... Read More »

Filed Under: Chapter 13 Tagged With: Chapter 13 plan, Chapter 13 trustee, child and spousal support, general unsecured debts, priority debts, secured debt

How Bankruptcy Handles . . . a Recorded Income Tax Lien that Is Fully Secured by Your Assets

February 16, 2015 by Chris Kane

A tax lien may attach to assets worth more than the amount of the underlying tax. That could make either a small or a huge difference.   A Potentially Secured Tax Debt The recording of an income tax lien potentially turns an unsecured tax debt into one secured by some of your property and ... Read More »

Filed Under: Tax Debts Tagged With: automatic stay, Internal Revenue Service, secured debt, tax interest and penalties, tax levy, tax liens

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