Aug 16, 2025 | Blog, Chapter 13, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Discharge in Chapter 13 is an Uphill Climb For most people, most of the time, getting a discharge is the goal of a bankruptcy case. The Supreme Court put it this way. “The principal purpose of the Bankruptcy Code is to grant a ‘fresh start’ to the ‘honest but...
Jun 23, 2025 | Blog, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
How Quickly Does the Postal Service Deliver Your Chapter 13 payment? When you are in Chapter 13, you need to make your monthly trustee payments on time–especially in the first four months of the case. So it doesn’t help that our Chapter 13 Trustee in...
Jul 5, 2024 | Chapter 13, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, new blog posts
If you are hurt in a car accident during your chapter 13, tell your bankruptcy lawyer. During the five (or three) years of your Chapter 13, you are required to update the court if you’re injured in a car accident. I don’t see that written in the law...
Apr 6, 2024 | Blog, Chapter 13, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Success in Chapter 13: What You Need to Know You want to be one of three consumers who succeed in Chapter 13. As the lawyer in over a thousand successful Chapter 13 cases, I’ve collected tips for success in Chapter 13. The Chapter 13 Trustee in Northern...
Feb 26, 2024 | Chapter 13, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Here’s How You Can Make Your Chapter 13 Payments in the Alexandria VA Bankruptcy Court The bankruptcy law tells you to make your first Chapter 13 payment one month after your bankruptcy case is filed. If you forget, or bounce, your first payment, the Chapter 13...
Dec 23, 2023 | Chapter 13, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
In Chapter 13, you need to keep a chart of when you make your mortgage payment. Now that you have filed Chapter 13, you need to keep a monthly chart of your mortgage payments. Over five years missing a payment or two can be easy to do and lead to disaster. So start...
