When I turned 18 I made the huge mistake of applying for every credit card anyone would ever give me. Now I am 22 and have a boat load of debt including judgements, collections, student loans, car loans, pay day loans, etc. Totalling 40,000.00 plus!!!! I want to know if bankruptcy would be good route for me as my credit is already poor. Can it make it any worse?
Are judgements discharged in chapter 7 bankruptcy. Example if you were evicted from an apartment or house. Also if you own your vehicle will they take that or do you get to keep it? And how long does it take for your credit score to improve and for you to be able to apply for credit again?
when me and my wife were 15 we got married had a baby i didnt have a job nor did she so hospitol bills piled up we nerver payed on them either since we were so young again at 18 we had another child with no insurance and didnt pay any payments just couldnt afford it at the time now that were 28 yrs old we have good jobs but 470 credit score 30 judgements and 13 unpaid collections my wife does have 3 good standings on hers and also 30 judgements should we try to clear our ,000.00 in hospitol bills or file for bankruptcy..were not sure which will help us more……please help
I had a few judgements that were supposed to be removed from my credit report when I filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy, but 2 of them are still on there. How do I get these removed, like who do I contact. One I had contacted someone before and they said they were going to remove the item, yet they haven’t and it is being reported on all 3 agencies which I am sure is bringing my score down. The other one is only on my experian, but it should have been removed once I declared bankrupcy right. There was also a collection that was never removed. All three of these items are on my discharge report and my report when I filed, so they should be gone right. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
I have listed all of my outstanding debts on my bankruptcy (including the 2 mortgages on my home), although I had planned on keeping our home and continuing to keep up the payments. My atty told me that if I needed to walk away from the home at any point after the discharge, that the bankruptcy would help me to avoid any judgements as long as I didn’t refinance the loans. But even without paying the debts that I am filing on, we are still finding that our monthly expenses are far outstrapping our income, so we are thinking about short selling and getting a smaller rental home for a while until we get back on our feet. My domestic partner is on SSI, and is "judgement proof" from what my atty says, so between that and my chapter 7 simply walking away is an alternative to short selling. My question is: what is the best thing to do for the long term?? At this point, both my partner and my credit scores are in the toilet anyway. I’m just worried about never having credit again.
I have stopped making the minumum payments on my credit cards since December of 08. In fact both me and my wife are delinquent in the credit cards. We both owe more than 60k in unsecured credit cards. Now we own a home but it has gone down in value meaning there is no equity at all. We are leasing a car which means we don’t own it but obviously we need it to get around. We are both self employed and we have our own business which is an LLC. We don’t pick up on the collectors nor the credit cards when they call and now my wife recently got a summons to appear in court for one of the credit cards that she is delinquent on. Anyways all the furniture we have in the house has already been paid for. We have no other assets and we only have like 00 in the bank. With that said do we need to file for bankruptcy or let them get judgements against us because it isn’t gonna matter since we have no assets except the stuff I mentioned above. If we let it play out and not do anything about this, what can the creditors do even if they get a judgement. At this point we don’t care about our credit. Please advise or should I still file for bankruptcy chapter 7. Let me know. Thanks
My husband and I have about ,000 in past due debt right now. My main question, should I file bankruptcy if our debts are already old? According to Experian, "This account is scheduled to continue on record until Nov 2012" …actually some start coming off 2010 through 2012. I don’t know how confident I am that they will be off my record come 2010-2012…but if I file bankruptcy it will be 2019! can anyone give me advice on this…do the negative reports actually come off and if so, when? Or should I file bankruptcy? Sooo confused!!
Thank you all for your help. To add more details Jimbo – We do own our own home, I am not being garnished at work but my husband and I both have received Judgements on a few of our accounts..mine a few years back. His most recently in 2008. But no garnishments have come about from this…
Thank you! If I did not show up for court…is the judgement automatically awarded?
I filed Chapter 7 and before we had the chance to remove the recorded Judgements, the court discharged the case and closed it. I wonder how to remove the judgements without re-opening the case. We know that the judgements were wiped out in the bankruptcy, but not sure how the recording can be voided and removed?
So if I attempt to purchase real estate in a couple of years, the escrow and title companies wouldn’t bother asking me to deal with those judgements???
I’m 27 and had my credit damaged when I lost a six figure income (self employed). Everything on my credit is 3-4 years old and I would think would come off after 7 years. However, I have now had a couple judgements against me for a total of ,000 and my total debt on my credit report is ,000. I have no income right now and no assets. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
How do I remove judgments myself without an attorney from the court house after filing bankruptcy?
I filed bankruptcy after having surgery. The judgements are still on my court records. My attorney said he could remove them but it would cost .00 for each one. I cant afford to pay .00 for each one. What I was wondering is if I could do it myself? If I can, can someone please tell me how. Thank you