Blog Posts in October, 2011
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Fewer things can throw your world upside down like having your bank account frozen. A bank account garnishment or seizure is usually the result of a creditor attempting to collect after a court has ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
The terms that are used in a bankruptcy are confusing, but a Chicago Bankruptcy Attorney can help explain what they mean and how they will affect your bankruptcy. One of the most common terms ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
A Chicago bankruptcy attorney can review your individual situation, but a bankruptcy is a tool that is designed to help people get out from under their debt responsibilities and start fresh with a new ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
A Chicago bankruptcy attorney can explain to you that a Chapter 13 bankruptcy doesn't strictly discharge your debts, instead it establishes a payment plan where your debts are prioritized and they ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
President Obama has announced a plan that seeks to lessen the burden of paying back student loans. The plan calls for lowering the maximum required payment on student loans from 15 percent of ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Chicago Bankruptcy Attorneys know that couples who live together as a married unit but don't have the legality of an actual marriage cannot file for bankruptcy together, even if their debt was ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Automatic payments are a convenient way to pay your bills. An automatic payment is an arrangement for a specific amount of money to go from your bank account to the recipient's bank account. ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
People in Illinois struggling with their finances and considering bankruptcy need to contact a Chicago bankruptcy attorney to analyze their individual situation. For instance people with a second or ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
The U.S. Bankruptcy Courts have increased the fee for filing bankruptcy by $7. Effective November 1, 2011, the filing fee for chapter 7 will increase from $299 to $306; the chapter 13 bankruptcy ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
When bankruptcy is a possibility, people who live in Illinois should seek the advice of a Chicago bankruptcy attorney to discuss how their retirement funds will be treated. If you're worried about ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Ensure Your Fresh Start Is Not A False Start Even in today's specialized legal world, there are still some "general practice" attorneys who work in many different areas of the law. A ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Even though you hear about medical bankruptcy it really doesn't exist. Using the word medical in front of the word bankruptcy is really just a way to designate what eventually pushed someone over ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Most people don't walk directly from the unemployment office over to file their bankruptcy petition but with the unemployment situation the way it is in the United States right now it might not be ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Many American families rely on two incomes to pay the monthly bills and set a little aside as savings. When one income is unexpectedly reduced or eliminated, the family is thrust immediately into a ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
A Chapter 13 bankruptcy can almost be thought of as a consolidation repayment plan as opposed to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy where most or all of your debts are eliminated. In a Chapter 13 bankruptcy a ...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
September foreclosure filings fell 38% from one year ago, according to information released by RealtyTrac.com . This may seem like good news, but there is reason to believe that the foreclosure rate ...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
There is a snowball effect to debt it seems, once some financial tragedy strikes it is often hard to get back up on your feet and ward off all other debts before another financial hardship comes your ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Are You A Bankruptcy Phoenix? The ancient world has many stories of the firebird, or phoenix. The phoenix is mythical bird of great beauty that lives a very long time. At the end of its life the ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Most of the myths surrounding bankruptcy center on the stigma and social aspects of filing for bankruptcy. A good Chicago bankruptcy attorney will take the time to explain exactly what bankruptcy ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
“Individual Bankruptcies are falling!” So proclaim the pundits, press and politicians. Statements like this don’t mean much to cash strapped, debt laden Americans who must still ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
A U.S District Court this week heard a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission against Christopher Mallet. The complaint focuses on Mallet’s deceptive online practice of luring debt ridden ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
The holiday season is fast approaching, so it is important to start making wise financial decisions if you are considering bankruptcy . Below are three areas that individuals can create problems just ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has announced that her office is preparing to file lawsuits against big banks that engaged in unlawful foreclosures. Massachusetts is the latest state to ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
Probably the single biggest reason why my clients initially contact me is because of some type of debt collection activity. The Washington Post recently reported that a Southern California debt ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Charles Glanzer
In 2005, Congress changed the Bankruptcy Code and added a means test to prevent "wealthy" debtors from filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. The means test is a calculation designed to identify ...
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