For Small Business Debtor Reorganization Filings and for Chapter 13 Debtors. As we have advised in prior blog posts, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), Pub. L.

Sweeping changes to the federal bankruptcy forms went into effect on December 1, 2015. The changes pertaining to proofs of claim for residential mortgage loans are especially significant. The new ...

Typically, your business's obligation to pay its debts is lifted once you receive your bankruptcy discharge. However, you may realize that you forgot to include a creditor in your bankruptcy once you ...

If you're filing for bankruptcy soon, the required waiting periods could have an impact on your approach.

The Justice Department has updated a key application form under a new process that may make it much easier for many borrowers to discharge their federal student loans in bankruptcy. Here’s the latest.

If you’re getting hounded by creditors, facing foreclosure on your home or feeling overwhelmed by debt in other ways, bankruptcy might be the answer. Filing for bankruptcy has lasting ramifications on ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. When you have a daunting amount of debt and are having trouble paying it back, bankruptcy is an option. Filing bankruptcy gives ...

The number of Americans filing for individual bankruptcy climbed higher last year. Filings for Chapter 7 bankruptcy — the ...