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Law Office of Robert L. Firth Feb. 3, 2014

Landlords: The Best Way to Avoid an Unlawful Detainer Is to Screen Your Tenant Applicants

My law firm represents landlords in unlawful detainers. An “unlawful detainer” is the legal name for the law suit in which a landlord sues to evict a tenant who isn’t paying rent or is otherwise in breach of the lease. Normally, they are fairly routine.

Law Office of Robert L. Firth Jan. 27, 2014

Saving Your Home Through Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 in Three Scenarios

Here are 3 common scenarios. When is Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcy” enough, and when do you need Chapter 13 “adjustment of debts”?

Law Office of Robert L. Firth Jan. 20, 2014

Keeping a Vehicle with A Debt Under Chapter 7 “Straight Bankruptcy”

If you owe a debt on a vehicle, Chapter 7 gives you a narrow choice: keep it and pay on the contract, or surrender it and owe nothing.

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”?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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