5 related QUESTIONS if you would please take the time to number your answers the same (thanks):

1. Current civil case for injuries/money owed. What happens to the case if I file Bankruptcy during the case? For example, does it "end" the case, does the case get "suspended" while/until the b/k is processed? Or does the case just continue simultaneously with the b/k processing?

2. Do I "have" to wait til the END of the civil case until after the official judgment (the actual amount has not yet been stated)…or can I file the b/k and STILL INCLUDE the case on our list of creditors even though there’s no official number yet (something like "amount pending")?

3. Ideally, I’d like the b/k filing to STOP the case itself so that I don’t have to continue wasting our time fighting it when I don’t have the resources. We’ve heard:

"If they haven’t gotten judgment against you, then your bankruptcy filing can and will stop the case.” Is this true or is this possible? For example what happens to discovery and subpoenas? Do they just continue?

3. Also, if I file b/k, will the opposing counsel still continue the case?

4. Is there any ADVANTAGE to filing b/k before the amount is entered in the judgment?

5. Is there some law that allows us to tell the judge "we do not have the money to continue to defend ourselves"…without the opposing party just being awarded whatever amount they state by default?

Please number your answers. No smart allics or "just get an attorney dumbey" answers. We can’t afford an attorney.

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Therefore, relating to an ONGOING CIVIL case and a need to file BANKRUPTCY, here’s my QUESTIONS if you would please use the same numbering system to answer them so I can keep track (thanks thanks thanks):

I would LOVE it if filing the bankruptcy would END the case so I could go on with my life, find another job, build another company etc. I read a lot of yahoo answers and one said “If they haven’t gotten judgment against you … then your bankruptcy filing can and will stop the case.”, but I need to be sure.

1) is there any ADVANTAGE to me in filing bankruptcy BEFORE the judgment (now is preferred so that I can go on with my life which has been destroyed)?…. and what will opposition do if they know I’ve filed for bankruptcy? Will they attempt to continue the case when they know the bankruptcy will go thru? If so, why would they continue the case?

2) Since I’m going to be filing In advance" of the judgement, can I "claim" the "injuries" they haven’t yet enumerated " …on my petition for bankruptcy? …or do I just “list the case” and say “amount pending”? THANKS.

I know about the "automatic stay" (keeps creditors (I currently have NONE and a perfect credit score I’ve worked hard to build all my life) from coming after you etc).

3) After I file for bankruptcy (I know it takes so many months to go thru), these additional related questions, thanks:

3a) what happens to the current civil case?
3b) what do i tell the judge? Do i have to tell the judge or just inform the other side?
3c) will i still have to finish the case (expected one more year of my life)?
3d) if we’re currently in discovery, will it / can it stop discovery / subpoenas etc?
3e) ….or…does it just “suspend” the case until the b/k procedings are over? …or does the case just continue on in real-time?

Thanks so much for answering all of these "sub-parts" to my ‘compound" question. They’re really important to my life and my families lives.
Ryan K,

That was totally useless. I can’t believe you actually answered 195 other people. You’re a joke.

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