Archives by Tag ' Chapter 13 '
Jun 2, 2008

it is a lesson again to practitioners like myself who were convinced there was no answer to the “final order” conundrum: No matter how crazy the tactic might sound, you’re only wrong if you lose. Appeal Your Own Victory? Yes, Indeed! By Wendell Sherk, Missouri Attorney on Jun 2, 2008 in Bankruptcy Cases of Interest,Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure, Chapter […]

May 23, 2008

Strategic Comment: There are two ways for you stop foreclosure, sale and eviction dead in its tracks. One is to file bankruptcy under Chapter 13 which is an opportunity for debtors to reorganize their payments to creditors. An automatic stay goes into effect immediately upon filing with the Bankruptcy Court. Creditors who say or do […]

May 22, 2008

We are still in process of revising our manuscript for publication with all the forms we can think of. Here is a  summary of our findings thus far. Generally we have two types of jurisdictions — the non-judicial sale jurisdictions and the mortgage foreclosure jurisdictions. California, Arizona and Nevada are non-judicial sale jurisdictions as are […]

May 20, 2008

We have received several urgent/emergency requests from people who are so far along in the process of this mortgage meltdown, that they feel hopeless and helpless. We can’t give you a magic bullet, but things are not quite as bad as they seem. As for stopping the eviction —- Yes, it is POSSIBLE: It depends […]

May 12, 2008

OBAMANOMICS VS NO ECONOMICS AT ALL the government is charged with reporting on inflation when it has a vested interest in keep the reported inflation low both for political and financial reasons The job of the Petitioner in bankruptcy to get a modification of the Chapter 13 plan is therefore double-whacked because of (1) a […]

Mar 31, 2008

A helpful article: WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — For many people, filing for bankruptcy is seen as a scary, worst-case scenario, but consumer advocates say this last resort could be a real help for beleaguered homeowners. There is no shortage of proposals in Congress to address the housing crisis: the Depression-era Federal Housing Administration is up for […]

Mar 23, 2008

Here is an email I sent to a victim of the mortgage crisis: So you are in Chapter 13. Do you have a lawyer? There are some options in bankruptcy court that might be available under current law. The two that I have in mind for you, without any details, are the availability of “cram […]

Jan 7, 2008

We received the following plea for help. I have changed the name to protect privacy. But both the plea and the answer are applicable to many people, which is why we are publishing the Garfield Handbooks. I will shortly publish a way for you to down load the books and forms and purchase the book […]