Law Office of Robert L. Firth Aug. 7, 2017 Bankruptcy Protects Your Assets When you file a Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcy” case, usually you can keep everything you own. These 10 points show how this works. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth July 31, 2017 Protection from Creditors through the Automatic Stay The moment you file bankruptcy you and your property are protected from almost all collection attempts by your creditors. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth July 24, 2017 The Exceptions to the Discharge of Debts The discharge of debts is central to bankruptcy. So you need to know when you don’t get a discharge at all or don’t discharge certain debts. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth July 17, 2017 The Discharge of Debts in Bankruptcy A discharge gives you permanent relief from all or most of your debts by making illegal any further collection efforts of those debts. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth July 10, 2017 The Bankruptcy Code You might feel better informed and more comfortable around bankruptcy if you knew just a little bit about the federal Bankruptcy Code. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth July 3, 2017 The Pursuit of Happiness This 4th of July This 4th of July follow the Declaration of Independence and claim your right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth June 26, 2017 The Impact of One Spouse’s Bankruptcy Filing on a Divorce Proceeding One spouse’s bankruptcy filing may briefly slow down but will not likely stop an ongoing divorce case. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth June 19, 2017 Escaping a Chapter 13 Case Filed Jointly with Your Spouse If you filed a Chapter 13 adjustment of debts case jointly with your spouse but are now considering divorce, how do you get out of the case? Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth June 12, 2017 Considerations about Filing Bankruptcy After Your Divorce If You’ve Filed Before Think about these special considerations if you filed bankruptcy before your divorce and now need to think about filing another one. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth June 5, 2017 Effect of Divorce on Filing Bankruptcy Again The timing rules don’t change if you filed bankruptcy before your divorce and now need a new one. But there ARE some important twists. Read More