Question: What does it cost to file Chapter 13 bankruptcy and how does it work? Answer: I typically charge $3600, and that includes all of the expenses including filing fees, credit counseling and debtor education fees that go into every single chapter 13 filing. As such, my attorney’s fee is roughly $3250. “How does it […]
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Question: Can you file bankruptcy on medical bills that have liens in them? I had a accident, my ex lawyer sent me to doctors and so on. Where I live they put liens on medical bills. My lawsuit was dropped now have all these medical bills I can’t afford to pay Answer: Filing bankruptcy will
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Question: After chapter 7 discharge & not paying the 2nd mortgage, what am I responsible to pay, to get rid of 2nd mortgage lien? If I stop paying the home equity loan after my mortgages were discharged in my chapter 7, and continue to pay the first mortgage to keep the house, I’m pretty sure
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Q: I was in an automobile accident on Dec. 15, 2011. It was the other driver’s fault. When is it too late to get another attorney. The accident was the other drivers fault, totaled my vehicle, and injured my back. I hired a lawyer and they found out months ago that she only had a
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One issue that we have been encountering from time to time of late is the problem of people filing bankruptcy without being aware of what their parents have done in terms of managing their own estate. In the good old days, estate planning was simply a matter of writing a will. Wills are not an
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This time of year the most popular bankruptcy payment plan involves having the clients come into the office and deposit $200.00 now, and then paying the rest when they receive their tax refunds. By depositing $200, we can stop the creditor phone calls throughout the holiday season and well into the new year. In addition,
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Dog Bite Law in Massachusetts: Massachusettshas one of the best laws relating to dog attacks in the country. Massachusettsimposes strict liability on the owners and the keepers of dogs for all manner of personal injury caused by all manner of dog attacks. Massachusettshas specifically repealed the so-called “one free bite rule”. It is not necessary that the
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One area of immigration law in which we have been doing a lot of work of late is in the area of getting Visas for performers, mostly singers from Cambodia, to come to America and perform. I have a number of clients who import such talent. In fact, here in Massachusetts, I do not believe
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I hear advertisements for all kinds of alternatives to bankruptcy which imply that they will not hurt your credit. I have always been put off by these claims because either you are paying your bills on time and in full, or you are not. If you are not, your credit gets hurt. I note how
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