Miami Lawyers

  • A Fresh Start: The Mission of Bankruptcy.blog

    Learn the mission behind Bankruptcy.blog, a national attorney‑authored platform providing clear, accessible bankruptcy education.

  • The Bankruptcy Trustee, Strategies to Protect Your Tax Refund.

    Stop the Bankruptcy Trustee from taking your tax refund. Learn the legal timing strategies you can use in Chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy.

  • Personal Loans and Credit Cards: Dividing Marital Debt in a Divorce

    A divorce attorney and law professor explains how marital debt is divided, and why debt in one spouse’s name may still be shared in divorce.

  • Missing Creditors in Bankruptcy Petition? Here’s What You Can Do

    Forgot to list a creditor in your Chapter 7 bankruptcy? Take these steps to protect yourself and keep the automatic stay in place.

  • Strategic Foreclosure Delay: Using Bankruptcy to Secure a Successful Home Sale

    Authored by a published law professor. This guide details how to use bankruptcy to secure a crucial delay and successfully sell your home before foreclosure.

  • Bankruptcy & Car Loans: Reaffirmation and Co-Signer Risk

    Debtors facing bankruptcy must decide whether to keep or surrender their car and understand co-borrower and co-signer liabilities.

  • Understanding Domestic Support Obligations in Bankruptcy: A Professor’s Guide

    Domestic support obligations, like alimony and child support, are not dischargeable in bankruptcy. They have priority.

  • Understanding Bankruptcy: Effect of Joint Car Ownership in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13

    Hailey’s joint ownership of her boyfriend’s car in Georgia complicates her options for bankruptcy filing.

  • Rite Aid Locations Closing in California Due to Bankruptcy- What You Need to Know

    Rite Aid bankruptcy spurs closures in California. Bankruptcies surged in 2023; expect more filings in 2024.

  • $5 Billion More in Student Loan Debt Relief for 74,000 Borrowers

    The Biden administration cancels $5 billion in student loans for 74,000 borrowers, including teachers, nurses, and firefighters.

  • LLC Bankruptcy: A Professor’s Take on Why Limited Liability Doesn’t Always Protect You

    Even with an LLC, filing for business bankruptcy may require personal bankruptcy. Chapter 7 or 11 is possible.