by John Rogers | Sep 9, 2013 | Consumer Alerts, Debt Collectors
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to innovate and offer new ways to really help consumers. They now offer an online complaint form to file complaints regarding consumers experiences with banks and other financial companies. Having a dispute with a...
by John Rogers | Sep 5, 2013 | Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Consumer Alerts, Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney
If a creditor who is listed in the debtor’s schedules attempts in any way to collect a scheduled debt, the debtor should inform the creditor that a bankruptcy case has been filed and request that the creditor stop the collection efforts. If the debtor is represented...
by John Rogers | Aug 30, 2013 | Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Consumer Alerts, Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney
Whenever any bankruptcy case is filed, the creditors are usually stopped from taking action to collect the debts that were owed at the time of the bankruptcy. This feature of bankruptcy is called the “automatic stay.” The automatic stay, if it applies,...
by John Rogers | Aug 23, 2013 | Consumer Alerts, Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney
Yes. All of the debts have to be scheduled, or listed, with the name and address of the creditors. This is so that they can receive notice of the bankruptcy, and get their fair share of any money that is paid to creditors. Sometimes debtors think that they should omit...
by John Rogers | Aug 22, 2013 | Consumer Alerts, Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney
It’s not always the most expensive bankruptcy lawyers that are the best or the cheapest that are the worst. In most areas, the prices for filing bankruptcy are determined by the market. The filing fees and credit counseling fees are set fees. The attorney fee,...
by John Rogers | Aug 12, 2013 | Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Consumer Alerts
As soon as a debtor realizes that a creditor has been omitted, the debtor should notify his or her attorney with all of the information necessary to complete the schedule (the amount of the debt, the type and value of any collateral, and the name and address of the...
