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Bankruptcy and Tax Refund Strategies

Sawin & Shea

Garnishments, Credits, and Exemptions Impact Your Strategy. Perhaps you can’t wait to file for bankruptcy because you have a repossession pending or a garnishment that’s about to hit your paycheck. We can talk to you about your tax refund and how a repossession or garnishment could impact it.

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What is an Emergency Bankruptcy Filing?

Sawin & Shea

If you’re in an emergency situation such as wage garnishment, eviction, or pending repossession filing an emergency bankruptcy may be right for you. Those filing an emergency bankruptcy receive an automatic stay even before completing certain documents. An automatic stay is an injunction prohibiting creditors from collecting debts.

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Why sudden job losses put people at risk of bankruptcy

Roths Child Law

When they can't find a job that offers comparable pay, they may find themselves unable to pay their bills at all in facing foreclosure, repossession or lawsuits from creditors. Even successful professionals typically only have enough money in savings to cover their cost-of-living expenses for a month or two.

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Why you might want to file for bankruptcy

Roths Child Law

Furthermore, they are not able to garnish your wages, repossess property or foreclose on your home. Once the stay goes into effect, creditors are no longer able to call, write letters or file lawsuits in an effort to collect a past-due balance. Are you capable of paying down your debts in a timely manner?

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NCLC report: States that Put Families at Risk of Poverty During the Covid Crisis

Public Citizen

Only when stimulus checks were deposited in families’ bank accounts and garnished by debt collectors did many states realize that they had no state laws to protect a basic amount in a family’s bank account. Weak exemption laws also exacerbate the racial wealth gap.

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What Happens to My Personal Loan After Bankruptcy?

Sawin & Shea

If you fail to repay an unsecured personal loan, the lender cannot repossess your assets. Repossession deficiency claims. Unlike unsecured personal loans, secured loans involve some form of collateral that the lender can repossess if the borrower fails to make payments. Unsecured loans are loans that don’t have collateral.

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How Late Can You Be on a Car Payment, Mortgage or Other Bill?

Credit Corp

Car Repossession It’s important to realize that an auto loan is a type of secured loan. This process is referred to as repossession. Laws regarding car repossessions vary from state to state. Laws regarding car repossessions vary from state to state. How Late on Your Car Payments Can You Be Before the Car Is Repossessed?