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Bankruptcy

Why Bankruptcy Cases Get Dismissed: The Real Reasons Behind Chapter 7 & 13 Failures

Alexander Hernandez 4 min read
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Bad Faith and Serial Filings: Bankruptcy Stay Restrictions | Prof. Hernandez

Alexander Hernandez 5 min read
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Consumer Bankruptcy Law

Administrative Structure: The U.S. Trustee and the Bankruptcy Case Trustees

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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Bankruptcy

Wiping Out Judicial Liens with Bankruptcy to Sell Your Home & Keep the Equity

Alexander Hernandez 7 min read
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Insights & Analysis

Facing Mortgage Foreclosure: Strategic Options and Bankruptcy Protections

Alexander Hernandez 9 min read
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Bankruptcy

Removing Liens: Bankruptcy Lien Avoidance Under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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Bankruptcy

What It Means to Be Judgment-Proof

Alexander Hernandez 7 min read
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Bankruptcy

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Car Loans: Can You Keep Your Vehicle?

Alexander Hernandez 8 min read
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Bankruptcy

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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Bankruptcy

The Convenience Bank Account Trap: Can a Trustee Take Your Parents’ Money?

Alexander Hernandez 8 min read
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Bankruptcy

Can the Bankruptcy Trustee Take Your 529 College Plan?

Alexander Hernandez 5 min read

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Insights & Analysis

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

Alexander Hernandez 7 min read

Homeowners in the Bankruptcy Belt face rising home equity, low homestead exemptions, and unaffordable Chapter 13 plans.

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Insights & Analysis

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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Insights & Analysis

Why Chapter 7 Liquidations Are Outpacing Chapter 13 Cases

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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Insights & Analysis

The Redfin Delisting Surge: The  “Buying Time” Strategy

Alexander Hernandez 8 min read

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Bankruptcy

Understanding the Automatic Stay: Chapter 7 Versus Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read

The automatic stay in bankruptcy provides temporary protection, but Chapter 7 may not save your car.

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Bankruptcy

Filing a Bare-Bones Bankruptcy Petition Quickly

Alexander Hernandez 6 min read
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Bankruptcy

Understanding the 341 Meeting of Creditors and the Rule 2004 Examination

Alexander Hernandez 4 min read
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Bankruptcy

Car Loans and Bankruptcy: How to Keep Your Car

Alexander Hernandez 7 min read
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Bankruptcy

How to File a Suggestion of Bankruptcy Effectively to Stop Creditors

Alexander Hernandez 4 min read

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Insights & Analysis

JCPenney’s Massive Real Estate Comeback: 119 Stores Sold

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Insights & Analysis

How Spirit Airlines’ Collapse Compares to the American Household

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Bankruptcy

The 2% Gamble: Why Chapter 13 Bankruptcy is Not a DIY Project

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Bankruptcy

Understanding Alaska Bankruptcy Exemptions: Your Guide to Protecting Assets

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Insights & Analysis

Judgment Liens and Home Equity Erosion: The Silent Cost of Ignored Lawsuits

Latest Posts

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  • Administrative Structure: The U.S. Trustee and the Bankruptcy Case Trustees
  • Wiping Out Judicial Liens with Bankruptcy to Sell Your Home & Keep the Equity
  • Facing Mortgage Foreclosure: Strategic Options and Bankruptcy Protections
  • Removing Liens: Bankruptcy Lien Avoidance Under 11 U.S.C. § 522(f)
  • What It Means to Be Judgment-Proof
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  • How the National Debt is Forcing Consumers into Debt and Bankruptcy
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