A few months back I tried to get a store credit card. They declined because of bankruptcy. I have never filed bankruptcy. After that, I needed a place to live, so I tried get get several apartments…..All of them declined me because of this bankruptcy. I looked up my credit online, and could not find anything about bankruptcy. I paid off the (2) small bills that were on my credit, and managed to get an apartment by showing them my parents bankruptcy papers. They said it happens all the time!!

I cant figure out how to get it off my credit, or even see it on my credit. I think I used FreeCreditReport.com…

(Me and my father both have the same 1st name)

Please help.

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My mother in law has a store credit card and my husband is listed as a user not co applicant and she is thinking about filing bankruptcy. On his last credit report the card does show up on his report. Do we need to remove him as an authorized user to protect his credit? If we do, will that affect his score? If she closes the account does that affect his score?

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department store credit card? Are you still financially responsible? For instance, Mervyn’s is set to announce that they are going to close all their stores and file bankruptcy (I believe they are now filing chapter 11 after already filing chapter 7) and I happen to have a Mervyn’s credit card and owe some on it and was curious as to what happens.

Thanks!
That’s what I figured but someone told me different about another company going bankrupt.

Thanks!

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