Click Here for the Podcast Version of this Post / As a general rule in Georgia, you are not legally liable for your spouse’s medical bills just by virtue of the marriage. This question usually arises when one spouse has suffered an extreme trauma event like Covid-19 corona hospitalization, cancer, diabetes, heart attack or some […]
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Click Here for the Podcast Version of this Post / It is no secret that a tidal wave of bankruptcies are coming down the pipe soon. Over 40 million Americans have lost their jobs at some point during this Covid-19 government forced shutdown of our economy. For almost five months, creditors in Georgia have not been able
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Why would anyone want to be in a Chapter 13 case that lasts forever? The mere thought of being in Chapter 13 for the rest of your life sounds crazy to most people. Who should want to be in a Chapter 13 that never ends? The answer to this question is………a person who has student loans
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As I got into my car early one morning to head to work, I noticed I had an unexpected little friend on my dashboard. I wondered to myself, “How in the world did this little guy end up in my car?” I had not left the car open all night. I had not left the
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Clients often ask me why they should pay for an attorney if all of the bankruptcy forms are available online for free. The most important reason, especially in Chapter 7, is that a good bankruptcy attorney will fight for you and help you protect your assets. The rules about which assets are protected in a
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Earlier this year, I predicated that an earthquake may erupt in 2015 in the Georgia bankruptcy world. It has. The Georgia garnishment statute has been declared unconstitutional. The Daily Report states, “Thursday’s ruling by U.S. District Senior Judge Martin Shoob said that the statute violated constitutional guarantees of due process by not giving debtors enough
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Chapter 13 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy are great tools for lightening a person’s debt load. With both chapter 13 and Chapter 7, you can eliminate medical debt, credit card debt, and other types of unsecured debt. Shrinking your debt can be critical to your financial and emotional health. If the load gets too heavy, something
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The Wall Street Journal says that the college graduation class of 2014 is the most indebted class ever in the history of our great nation. Many for-profit colleges across our country have enslaved many of their customers with student loan debt. Recently, the Department of Education has announced some relief to students who were victimized
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Bitcoins have the potential to change the way the world does business. I believe bitcoins also have the potential to impact the bankruptcy world. After reading my headline, I bet some of you are asking yourself, “What is a bitcoin?” Bitcoin is a virtual currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown person using
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If you are considering filing bankruptcy, I recommend that you close all of your bank accounts with Wells Fargo before you file Chapter 13 or Chapter 7. I realize that it is a pain to get your payroll to change the direct deposit to a new bank account. However, you don’t want to run the risk
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