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Willful vs. Negligence: Discharging Injury Debt | Prof. Hernandez

Alexander Hernandez 4 min read
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Stop Foreclosure Fast: Why Delaying Your Chapter 13 Filing Costs You Thousands

Alexander Hernandez 5 min read
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Auto Repossession Risk Hits 32-Year Highs: What Borrowers Need to Know

Alexander Hernandez 5 min read
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Understanding Creditor Motions to Lift the Automatic Stay

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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Handling a Bankruptcy Dismissal: How to File a Motion to Shorten the Prejudice Period

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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Why Bankruptcy Cases Get Dismissed: The Real Reasons Behind Chapter 7 & 13 Failures

Alexander Hernandez 4 min read
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Wiping Out Judicial Liens with Bankruptcy to Sell Your Home & Keep the Equity

Alexander Hernandez 7 min read
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Removing Liens: Bankruptcy Lien Avoidance Under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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What It Means to Be Judgment-Proof

Alexander Hernandez 7 min read
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Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Car Loans: Can You Keep Your Vehicle?

Alexander Hernandez 8 min read
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Why You Should Never File for Bankruptcy on Payday

Alexander Hernandez 5 min read
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Bankruptcy

The Hidden Risk of Passive Business Ownership in Consumer Bankruptcy

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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Bankruptcy

Signatory vs. Owner: Is that Bank Account Actually Your Asset in Bankruptcy?

Alexander Hernandez 5 min read
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Bankruptcy

The Danger of Being a “Silent” Business Owner in Personal Bankruptcy

Alexander Hernandez 7 min read

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Insights & Analysis

Facing Mortgage Foreclosure: Strategic Options and Bankruptcy Protections

Alexander Hernandez 9 min read

Learn your options when facing mortgage foreclosure, including refinancing, loan mods, and bankruptcy protections.

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Insights & Analysis

Trapped in the Bankruptcy Belt: How Soaring Equity Limits Chapter 7

Alexander Hernandez 7 min read
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How the National Debt is Forcing Consumers into Debt and Bankruptcy

Alexander Hernandez 7 min read
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Insights & Analysis

Can You Go to Jail for Debt? The Reality of Debtors’ Prisons

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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Why Chapter 7 Liquidations Are Outpacing Chapter 13 Cases

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read

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Second Amendment Rights and Bankruptcy: Can You Keep Your Firearms?

Alexander Hernandez 5 min read

Does the Second Amendment protect your guns in bankruptcy court? Learn how state exemptions work and why constitutional rights don’t always equal asset protection.

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Official Bankruptcy Form 106: Summary of Assets

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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Protecting Retirement Assets: A Bankruptcy Law Professor’s Analysis of §522 Exemptions for IRAs and 401(k)s

Alexander Hernandez 5 min read
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Black Friday & Bankruptcy: The Dangers of Using Credit Cards Before Filing

Alexander Hernandez 5 min read
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Bankruptcy Residency Requirements: Can You Use Another State’s Exemptions?

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read

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SAVE Plan Ending in 2026: Key Deadlines For Student Loans Borrowers

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Understanding the Federal Homestead Wildcard Exemption in 2026

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Predatory Hospital Billing Tactics: Protecting Your Finances

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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Lien Stripping Explained

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The Economic Reality of Tariffs: Bankruptcy Filings Surge in 2026

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  • Understanding Creditor Motions to Lift the Automatic Stay
  • Handling a Bankruptcy Dismissal: How to File a Motion to Shorten the Prejudice Period
  • Why Bankruptcy Cases Get Dismissed: The Real Reasons Behind Chapter 7 & 13 Failures
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