This Sample Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition has been revised, improved and updated for 2015. Please see it below for your view and use: Please do not copy the contents of the above Sample Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition verbatim. It should be used only as an exemplar. Regardless, it should be instructive and help you fill […]
I can’t believe that it has been a couple years since I posted my first Sample Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition. The Sample Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition has been revised, improved and updated for 2013. I continue to see Pro Se Debtors huddled around this Sample Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition at the United States Bankruptcy Court […]
bankruptcy, chapter 7, debtor, pro se, woodland hillsAs many of you know, I have volunteered for a number of years at the United States Bankruptcy Court – Central District – San Fernando Valley Division in Woodland Hills at the Bankruptcy “Self-Help Desk.” In 2010, I was honored to receive the William J. Lasarow Award for my pro bono service on behalf of […]
bankruptcy, chapter 7, self-help, woodland hillsThe path to filing bankruptcy often includes debtors who are being sued and having their wages garnished. Many debtors get served with a lawsuit to which they don’t respond. You shouldn’t do this by the way. If you don’t respond to a lawsuit within 30 days of personal service, a default judgment may be obtained. […]
bankruptcy, debtor, wage garnishmentsI have a bankruptcy law satellite office in Woodland Hills, CA. It used to be the case that debtors in the Antelope Valley filed bankruptcy in the Woodland Hills Bankruptcy Court. This is not the case any longer as residents of the Antelope Valley now file bankruptcy downtown. Anyway, I thought it would be instructive […]
foreclosure, woodland hillsForeclosures in Lancaster, CA in a similar fashion to foreclosures in Palmdale and other areas of the Antelope Valley are trending downward. Lancaster as you might know is the home of my main law office where I specialize in bankruptcy practice even while I have expanded to other areas of the law. Notices of Default […]
antelope valley, foreclosure, lancasterForeclosures filings in Palmdale, CA including Notices of Default and Notices of Sale are trending downward and hopefully, this will alleviate some of the stress that compels many of my clients to file bankruptcy in Palmdale. Notice of Default filings were down 30.49% (223 to 155) from the prior month and 38.00% from the prior […]
antelope valley, foreclosure, palmdaleHaving bad credit can cause your security clearance to go down. In some cases, this can put you in jeopardy of losing your job. As a bankruptcy attorney, I have represented over 20 individual debtors from Edwards Air force Base to protect the security clearance that is vital to their job and livelihood. According to […]
bankruptcy, debtor, edwards air force baseThe Woodland Hills Bankruptcy Court in the San Fernando Valley is divisional office of the United States Bankruptcy Court – Central Division of California. I also sometimes refer to as the San Fernando Valley Bankruptcy Court. The Woodland Hills Bankruptcy Court is located near Warner Center on Burbank Blvd. between Canoga Ave and De Soto Ave. In […]
bankruptcy, debtor, pro bono, pro se, self-help, U.S Bankrtupcy Courts, woodland hillsThe Lancaster Regional Library is in partnership with the LA Law Library to offer our community throughout the Antelope Valley access to free legal research. This can be of significant value as you do your own research on any number of legal issues including what we discuss most often around here: filing your bankruptcy. At […]
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