Law Office of Robert L. Firth Feb. 16, 2015 How Bankruptcy Deals with Your Vehicle Loan if You Want to Keep Your Vehicle Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 both help you pay your vehicle loan and keep your vehicle, each in their own way. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Feb. 9, 2015 How Bankruptcy Handles Debts You Want to Pay Can you favor 1) creditors with collateral you want to keep, 2) creditors you feel loyal to, and 3) creditors with leverage against you? Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Feb. 2, 2015 Although You Can’t Discharge (Write Off) Debts Arising from a Criminal Conviction, Still Consider the Benefits of Bankruptcy Filing bankruptcy can let you 1) write off debts so you can focus on defense costs, 2) pay your important debts, and 3) avoid related civil liability. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Jan. 19, 2015 Can You Ever Write Off Child or Spousal Support in Bankruptcy? You might have heard that you can’t “discharge”—legally write off—child support or spousal support. So can Chapter 7 or 13 ever help? Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Jan. 12, 2015 Can Bankruptcy Get You Out of Student Loans? To “discharge”–legally write-off—a student loan in bankruptcy you have to show “undue hardship.” What does that take? Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Jan. 5, 2015 The Risks in Discharging Debts for “Luxury Goods or Services” and Cash Advances If you’ve made certain recent credit card purchases or cash advances, writing off those debts may be challenged in bankruptcy. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Dec. 29, 2014 Your Attorney Can Usually Tell You Which of Your Debts Will Be Discharged in Bankruptcy Most of the time we can tell which debts will be legally written off in bankruptcy. There are two exceptions. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Dec. 15, 2014 The Discharge of Your Debts Under Chapter 7 The primary goal of filing a Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcy” is to “discharge”—legally write off—your debts. So, how does this happen? Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Dec. 8, 2014 Showing Off Chapter 13’s Tools for Saving Your Home–Part 2 The rest of the story on how Chapter 13 dramatically and beautifully enables you to keep your home. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Dec. 1, 2014 Showing Off Chapter 13’s Tools for Saving Your Home–Part 1 Here’s how Chapter 13 dramatically lets you keep your home, better than anything else available anywhere. Beautiful to see what it can do. Read More