Charleston Bankruptcy Lawyer Russell A. DeMott gives wise counsel in his blog post in advising clients to not try to calculate the "means test" themselves.  Often we have clients try to do this either before or after they meet with us.  As Mr. DeMott says, don't do...

My friend, and business columnist, Don McNay, has written an excellent article on why credit cards are dangerous and unnecessary to have: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/don-mcnay/today-is-the-day-to-cut-u_b_267324.html

Rhode Island Bankruptcy Attorney Mark Buckley has put together a good checklist of things that you will need to provide to your bankruptcy attorney prior to he or she preparing your case:...

FRANKFORT, Ky.  — Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate for July 2009 hit the 11 percent mark, the highest since August 1983 when the rate was 11.1 percent... : http://migration.kentucky.gov/newsroom/educationcabinet/July09staterate.htm

This is very troubling: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/04/19/college.credit.cards/

In Re Zieg, (Bkrtcy.W.D.Mo.) A Chapter 7 debtor's digital video disc (DVD) player was a "household good" for lien avoidance purposes, a Missouri bankruptcy court has held. Although the Bankruptcy Code, as amended by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer...