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A Chapter 13 bankruptcy takes a long time — three or five years, dependent upon your agreement with the bankruptcy court. In that time, your financial circumstances and also your needs can change dramatically. For instance, your five-year Chapter 13 bankruptcy...
Most parents with young children will share custody after a divorce, but in some cases, parents will actually split custody. Split custody is a unique kind of arrangement where each parent assumes primary responsibility for different children in the family. Both...
Once you file for bankruptcy, you activate the automatic stay that protects you from creditors and collection agencies. Although the automatic stay cannot help in all situations, here are four ways you can expect to benefit. 1. Ending foreclosure If your lending...
If you’re one of the millions of Americans with student loan debt, you’ve likely been keeping some eye on the machinations of power players in Washington, D.C. There’s been a lot of talk by the Biden Administration and some members of Congress about how to take some...
After a contested divorce, you may not see eye to eye with your ex-spouse. Sometimes, they may block you from seeing the children, probably in a bid to get at you. As a result, your parent-child relationship is affected, and you may lose that close touch with your...
If you are having a hard time in your marriage, you might be considering divorce. Yet, you may dread the thought of making things even more complicated and wonder how bad divorce will be and how soon things will get better. There is no easy answer to how complicated...
Older Americans mired in debt face many concerns. They want to retire but worry about burdening family members with extra financial obligations. For example, they do not want to force their children or grandchildren to support them when they can no longer work....
If you are a parent seeking a divorce in the Franklin, Massachusetts area, child support should be one of your top concerns. After all, it is much harder to raise children on a single income. You probably want to make sure you acquire enough support to provide for...
While dealing with bankruptcy, you might wonder whether your employer can find out about your situation. In most cases, your employer will not be in the loop, although there are some exceptions. If the company you work for learns about your bankruptcy, it cannot fire...
Opening the mailbox, checking your emails, and answering the phone can be stressful if you know you owe people money. You may dream about getting out of debt, so you no longer have to deal with that. When there are more bills than money available, filing bankruptcy is...