Here is my story.
I am a 27 year old married mom of 2. Hubby is bipolar and can’t work. I have a few medical ailments that prevent me from working much outside of the home.
We have about ,000 of debt. Counsumer credit card, past utilities, medical expenses, etc.

We WANT to pay them off. Our problem is we don’t know if we should work with a debt consildation program or simple file for bankruptcy. Our income fluxuates from 0 a month to 00. We live in Ohio. Our rent is 5.00. We have no car payments. We own a 1982,1992,1993) We never go out to eat, go to movies, I am wearing the same clothes from when I was 18. Trust me, there is no way to cut back on anything.
I am just not sure if we can even afford to come up with a debt consilidation plan given our situation and income limits. Would it be better both emotionally and financially to just wipe the slate clean? Thoughts/Tips/Appreciated…stinky butts need not answer! THANKS!

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I’m in California, I bought the house in July 2005, REFINANCED in July 2006 then stop paying in February 2007 because my mom passed away and I couldn’t afford the payment, insurance and taxes all by myself. My house is now foreclosed. The bank took possession on October 2006. Countrywide continues to send me statement on the HELOC. Does this means that I still have to pay for the HELOC?? I didn’t even take any money from it. It was used to pay for the rest of my original loan when I refinanced. Can I file bankruptcy particulary chapter 7 for the HELOC??
NO! My mother is not on the mortgage. She helped me with it because I bought it for her… she couldn’t qualify.
I meant to say "NO! My mother WAS not on the mortgage. She helped me with it because I bought it for her… she didn’t qualify."

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My mom said she heard they are one of the companies filing bankruptcy after the holidays. I don’t know where she heard it from, but is it true? I’ve looked online to see if there are signs that this could be true, but I’m not finding anything. I love Vicky’s and I just can’t believe it. Please say it isn’t so!

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OK….So my Mom (She’s 72) filed bankruptcy protection 7 months ago as she has a retirement income and only one house….So now an attorney for the bank that holds a small mortgage on the property has filed a motion to "Lift the stay" on the house so the bank can immediately foreclose on the property. BUT….She has never failed to pay the monthly mortgage payment or been late on it. Even after she filed for protection. So….How can I help her? Should she file a answer to their motion right away to the judge? Her bankruptcy attorney is busy or wont help. I’m trying to get her to find a new attorney…But for right now, what should she do? How do these things play out?? I’ve had a hard time understanding how a bank can expect to foreclose on someone who’s paid their mortgage? Will the judge take them seriously when they’re dealing in speculation (What might happen) and not absolutes?? Thanks for any help!!
Not sure if any of the covenants of the mortgage have been violated…What’s an example of that type of violation? All I know is that she’s paid every month on time.

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I plan to move out of my mom’s house and have my own apartment or live with a roommate by next year. The problem is that I filed bankruptcy last year and afraid that I will be denied by most places when it comes to renting an apt. I also would like to get my master’s degree before moving out so I can be more established. What should I do? Thanks.

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PLEASE READ THIS DETAIL! I really need advice…
Just today while my mom and I were in the car, we just came from the grocery store and were talking. We talked about how the people on section aid and government aid were able to get SO MUCH food, dress better than us, and even sometimes live better than us. We live in a nice city bungalow home in a nice neighborhood next door to a University, but I’ve noticed that getting groceries every month is a struggle with all the bills that needed to be paid and any other additional thing I might need for school, etc.
My mom has a job that pays quite well per hour, but they tax her A LOT. She is taxed for senior citizens (because in the past her job took out money from the previous employees pension check so now the current workers HAVE to take out money for their wrong doing), taxed for city, state, pension, and the optional dental and doctor insurance (but who wants to live without those necessary things!?). So by the time she receives her first check, it ALL goes to the mortgage bill for the house. Her second check goes to house hold bills (light, gas, water, telephone, cellphone, car, etc.) Leaving us with very little money to live off on. She has tried receiving some kind of government aid to help pay for the gas and light bill, but they said she was making too much money…which isn’t true AT ALL. They’re not looking at how much she’s being taxed and how much she has to pay for bills.

Anyway, my mom got upset and told me, "Once the job lets me go (they are firing her on my birthday because of the ‘financial crisis’) I will blow up my credit card and pay off the house, the car, and some of your college tuition for 2 years. After that, I will file for bankruptcy because I’m tired of doing the right thing, but get nothing for it. I’m always getting screwed over. We have to work REALLY hard to get just what we need when people on section aid and government aid don’t have to work as hard to get what they need or WANT." I explained to her that her credit score was PHENOMENAL and she shouldn’t make that decision because she worked YEARS to have such a great score. But she said she didn’t care. She was tired of it. She said it wasn’t going to affect me in any kind of way so why should I care? …I got really sad and wanted to cry to think that she wanted to give up like that and even think negatively like that, but could you blame her? My mom has always made the right decisions financially. She bought her first house when she was 18 and has NEVER missed a payment on it. We lived there until I turned 12 and moved to another house with a better neighborhood so…i don’t know what’s gotten into her.
What should I do? Is it in my right to tell her to make a better decision? I’m a senior in high school so what can i do?! I don’t want my mom to stoop so low….please, help me. Serious answers, plz. :’(

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i am filing bankruptcy, but my mom, wants to open a business, give me the money and i will open it and run it for her. does the goverment is going to investigate me if few months after i file chapter 7, i will open a business?

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I have like a 10,000 dollar accident debt from getting in an accident without insurance. I was under 18 at the time and my parents filed bankruptcy but it came back to me when I turned 18. I plan to file bankruptcy because with the amount and the interest on that amount it would take me way to long to pay that off…but I was wondering if I should load up some credit cards or something before I file, just to get something out of it. My credit bad already apparently so it doesnt look like I can get any credit cards or even loans. Any advice?
Im only 18 and I feel like these are my prime years, I dont want to work full time for free basically to pay off some stupid debts. I would rather pay the 1,000 dollar bankruptcy and deal with bad credit for awhile. I guess Im more so asking if theres anything I can do before that to get something out of it.
I dont know how it came back to me, but my mom sent the a letter to the judge showing where in there bankruptcy thing it showed it got rid of that debt but they still said I was responsible.

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I bought a BMW Z4 2 months ago. I have yet to make my first payment on it after a downpayment of 1500. i don’t have good credit(low 600) and i have a few charge-offs and i applied for more than several cash advances just to pay my bills and i don’t even remember i owe who and who and i never answer the calls from them or from collections. I figure sooner or later i will either file for bankruptcy or let it row for 7 years. I do have a second car(my mom’s car) that’s paid for and in her name that i use. coz my mom got her own camry(also paid for).

I am wondering if i should just keep driving that Z4 for a few months without paying till they eventually repo it. (to make my downpayment 00 worthwhile) and when they sold it and ask for the difference, my payday loans and others will be over 90 days and i will include everything i owe and file for bankruptcy.

or should i keep paying for it even though i might eventually give up the car anyway after one year? my credit is already pretty damaged(low 600).. what should i do?

P.S. if i do decide to just don’t pay.. i can use the money for my horse-riding lessons and other fun stuff..and get my laptop back from my pawn shop which i will do eventually anyway.
For all before you start judging me(and i know you guys will) i owned a biz at the age of 21 and I used to the luxury of things i had money for… and never care much for credit. since i had enough cash. after the biz ran to the ground, i have been trying to figure out my next biz venture. (i hate to work for ppl).

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I bought my home in 02 from my mom with a gift of equity of 40,000. 6 months later she filed bankruptcy. she made 0 dollars on the sale. ( i paid off her old mortgage of 55,000 which is all she wanted). Now the bankruptcy court wants to take my home inless i pay off her debt. can they do this

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We are financially struggling here in California and now we have a baby. She has a birth defect so I, the mom, need to stay home to tend to my cute little baby girl. The only problem is that it’s been real hard to catch up with all of our bills.

We are in ,000 debt and my husband makes about that much in a year (gross – if I spelled that right). I’m sure ya’ll know it’s pretty damn expensive here in CALI so we’re trying to go back to Texas. My mother-in-law is opening her door to us and we are going to be living with her w/out having to pay any rent or utilities.

Should we still file for bankruptcy in your opinion?

My mother-in-law is worried that if we do that we will end up having to pay a very high interst rate when we’re ready to buy a house. I’m pretty sure that we won’t buy a house until 3-5 years from now.

I know there are probably more cons then there are pros, but I guess I’m worried that in the future we won’t be comfortable living with my mother-in-law anymore and we want to live in a apartment. So we’ll still have to pay our debt and all of our new living expenses.

Can anyone tell me will it be very hard to buy a house even if we’ll be first time home buyers if we filed for bankruptcy?

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My mom wanted me to ask this question online because she’s been trying everywhere she could and they all keep saying "AFTER 2 YEARS". But we need someone to refinance NOW!

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Well i am 20 and i have no job. I was driving my moms car and some guy rear ended me. I am now the one blamed for the accident… they collection agency has the file under my moms name since it is her car. Now i told them i will be the one responsible for taking care of the debt. now i have no money to pay back anything and i have a speeding ticket and also i have a towing bill for MY car that i totalled last year. Now what i am wondering is will my debt be cleared of the speeding ticket and the towing bill? and also what will happen with the collection agency? will they go after my mom for the money then because it was her car to begin with?
well considering that i am a great driver and the my car was totalled off a bridge wen it was snowing…. and the fact that i can get it done for only 200 dollars

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my mom has over ,000 in debt. she’s maxed out in ALL of her credit cards. she just today got fired from a job she’s had for over 27 years and she is 47 years of age. I was wondering if she should file for bankruptcy since we don’t know when she will have a job. she has a mortgage in her name …but my dad is the one who pays ALL of it and that is taken care of…….. they separated but are not divorced. she rents a room with my sister. we cannot help her with the payments on her credit cards and why should we?! because we are having difficulties ourselves with unemploymen, but I’m pretty sure having a place for her to stay at will be NO problem ..it’s just that we cannot help her with credit card payments. what will be the smartest move? and what kind of bankruptcy can she file without it affecting my dad or the mortgage
my mom has 10 siblings that can take care of her from now on, including myself. we’re young and we can give her a roof , and also, since my dad is taking care of the mortgage, there will be no problem. i just don’t want her to worry about making those damn payments on credit cards
I’m sorry not siblings, I mean relatives, including kids, brothers, etc
old bitty, why shouldn’t she file bankruptcy? will that hurt the house my dad is paying for, which is under both their names. will that hurt her chances of retiring?
even with those funds, she couldn’t possibly pay the minimum on ALL her cards

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Hi.

I have a very good credit score. I have never made a late payment on anything in my life. However, I am foreseeing disaster and see no way out of it. My debt is about 17K in credit cards and student loans of about 10K so a total of 27K. I am not worried about the student loans, since I am in school and so they are currently "on hold" till I finish and when I am expected to pay them its only like 0 per month for ten years. However my credit cards are getting worse and worse and the only way I can make myself stop relying on them is to wipe them out. Unfortunately I have practically zero income (about 0 per month) and I am in college and live with mom. I am 24 years old. This is pretty sad, I know, but I think I have to file soon. Its a shame because my credit score is about 720. I just leased a new car, which is under my name, but again, family is supporting me. So… I feel that I should just file bankruptcy (chapter 7 is what I am thinking) and just live off what I earn for thew next ten years. I own nothing of value, and am on my mom’s lease, and also want to know if they will take away my car when and if I file.

Please, I know everyone says its a "last resort". I am viewing it as such. So if it comes to this, what is the best way to go about filing and hoe much will it cost me financially and also how long does it take? Will my debts be wiped clean? I heard that student loans don’t go away, which is fine by me. Its the credit cards that are about to crush me. I need real advice, not just empty worthless criticism. So please ONLY ANSWER IF YOU HAVE RELIABLE EDUCATED ADVICE.

Thanks guys. Happy holidays.

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My parents filed a chapter 7 in 2001. In 2005, my mom was in a serious accident leaving her disabled and unable to work. As a result in 2006 they lost their home to foreclosure. They are wanting to file for chapter 7 bankruptcy to rid themselves of the remainder of the medical bills and the difference they owe on their foreclosed home. Unfortunately they cannot afford an attorney and want me to file it for them. I was going to buy software online, but I was hoping someone with experience would be able to point me in the right direction. Also, how much are the filing costs for bankruptcy (chapter 7) in Ohio? Currently their debt exceeds their income.

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My mom and my fiance need the cheapest way to file bankruptcy. They both qualify (done consults with lawyer who quoted them at almost ,000 to file). I can use all the help I can. Info on how to get what can be filed against, how to file (by lawyer CHEAP/FREE or doing it yourself), how to get the account info on everything that needs to be filed against (FREE PLEASE). My mom is without a job currently (looking for a new job) and my fiance and I struggle paycheck to paycheck with our baby girl. We need something that is going to get them out from underneath a WHOLE LOT of debt the quickest. We have no money.

THanks,
Belinda
My fiance (not sure on my mom) cannot do ANYTHING to pay back ANY of his debt! It is over ,000 (at least).
Also I see one answer say that "you WILL lose everything" well it is hard to lose everything if they have NOTHING! All he has in his name is a car (not worth anything according to Blue Book Kelly) and a bank account with NO MONEY in it anyway. His ex wife get 55% of his paycheck for current and back child support. I don’t know what is going on with my mom, I don’t ask anymore. But I know how it is with my fiance, we don’t make any money and we don’t have any money. He doesn’t own anything of value!

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I am going to file for bankruptcy and I have a car that I am the co-buyer on and my mom is the buyer. What will happen after filing bankruptcy with the car or what should i do to protect my mom from losing the car?

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Over the last few years, my husband has been laid off numerous times. Each time, I had to take out credit card cash advances to keep us afloat. In addition, we had refinanced several times and took out a home equity loan so we now owe more than our home is worth. When we are both working, we can pay our bills but with him laid off again, we are drowning. I can no longer take out any more cash advances. I have been paying my credit cards on time because I don’t want the interest rates to jump up but then I can’t pay my mortgage on time. I’ve been paying it right before the 30 day mark so it won’t show up on our credit reports as a late payment. I don’t think I’ll be able to do that this month. What should I do? My mom thinks we should file bankruptcy but I really don’t want to do that.

Should I continue to pay my credit cards on time and pay the mortgage late? Possibly let the house go and rent something cheaper?

Should I pay my mortgage on time and pay the credit cards late? Possibly file for bankruptcy? We have about ,000 in credit card debt.

I am so stressed out by the mess that we’re in. We have 2 children in college that will be depending on us at least for the next year. I am mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted.

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My friend’s mom asked me to look up a bankruptcy attorney for her, I am not sure if it’s her mom that will being going through this or what. So I would like to know what she needs to ask an attorney before filing bankruptcy…The pros the cons the hidden questions you should ask, etc etc… Please help so I can print and give it to her…thank you!!

we live in texas*san antonio if that matters any..

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