2020 has been filled with what seems like a never-ending stream of bad news and great suffering for nearly everyone. However, in a year t...

The Supreme Court hinted upon whether the right to dismiss is absolute in a recent case, Marrama v. Citizens Bank. I The issue in Marrama...

Bankruptcy Law as a whole is a combination of the Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Federal Rules of Civil ...

Lien-stripping is the process of bifurcating (splitting) a secured claim into two separate claims, the secured portion and the unsecured ...

When filing bankruptcy in California, you have a choice of claiming either the "Homestead Exemptions" or the "Wild-Card Exemptions", unde...

This issue came up in Hoover-Reynolds where the petitioner signed a retainer agreement in January of 1995 to retain the services of legal...

When filing bankruptcy in California, you have a choice of claiming either the "Homestead Exemptions" or the "Wild-Card Exemptions", unde...

Chapter 7 bankruptcy is often referred to as "liquidation bankruptcy". Liquidation is the process of selling property to reduce it to cas...

The general rules for filing successive bankruptcies are as follows: Chapter 7 then Chapter 7 If you have filed a Chapter 7 case in which...

It is estimated that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. Studies of what triggers bankruptcy uniformly find that the financial impact of...

Frequently, the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back is the seizure of needed monies in a checking account. Since no prior notic...

Using bankruptcy to get rid of liens, including: judgment liens, abstracts of judgment, second mortgages, HELOCs, and tax liens...