Law Office of Robert L. Firth Jan. 13, 2014 Keeping All that You Own by Filing a Chapter 13 Case How does a Chapter 13 “adjustment of debts” protect what you may otherwise lose in a Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcy”? Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Jan. 6, 2014 Keeping All that You Own in Bankruptcy Can you really keep everything you own if you file bankruptcy? The Answer: Usually Yes. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Dec. 30, 2013 U.S. Bankruptcy Laws Took Very Long to Get Off the Ground The Constitution empowered Congress to “pass uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies,” which then took more than 100 years to do so. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Dec. 27, 2013 New Years Resolution: Get an Estate Plan Something like seventy percent of the people in the United States die without a will. It’s call “intestacy”, and if you want your family to waste a whole lot of money and time after you die, that’s the estate plan for you. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Dec. 23, 2013 The Truly Amazing History of Bankruptcy Law Debtors’ prisons? There’s that and a lot more to the very colorful history of bankruptcy law. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Dec. 20, 2013 U. S. Bankruptcy Laws Took Very Long to Get Off the Ground The Constitution empowered Congress to “pass uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies,” which then took more than 100 years to do so. Read More
A business Chapter 13 case does not have to be complicated. Here’s how it can work. Dec. 16, 2013 A Sample Simple Save-Your-Business Chapter 13 Case A business Chapter 13 case does not have to be complicated. Here’s how it can work. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Dec. 2, 2013 Filing a Chapter 7 Case to Save Your Business A Chapter 13 case is often the preferred way to keep a sole proprietorship business alive. But can a regular Chapter 7 one ever do the same? Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Nov. 25, 2013 Bankruptcy: a Tool for Business Success Bankruptcy doesn’t just clean up after the failure of a business. Bankruptcy can also prevent that failure in the first place. Read More
Law Office of Robert L. Firth Nov. 18, 2013 Chapter 13 Handles Both Older and Newer Income Tax Debts If you owe a few years of income taxes, Chapter 13 lets you write off those that can be, while giving you time to pay those that must be. Read More