Debt consolidation is a finance strategy which entails taking all a debtor’s debts, especially high-interest debts, and melding them together into a single monthly payment with preferably a lower interest rate. This may seem like a dream come true for any...
Filing for bankruptcy can discharge (wipe out) various forms of debt, or reorganize the debt into a more manageable payment plan. However, some types of debt cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. For example, in California, filing for bankruptcy will not halt child...
Bankruptcy may be the best choice for people or businesses who can no longer afford to pay their debts. Bankruptcy allows people to obtain a clean slate by liquidating their assets to pay off debts, or by creating a repayment plan to reorganize and settle their debts....
In California, filing for bankruptcy in certain instances may prevent a tenant from being evicted. Bankruptcy is a means by which people can discard debt or make a plan to repay debts to creditors. Filing a petition for bankruptcy will not always protect a tenant from...
Bankruptcy may be able to help you reduce or erase your medical debt. However, medical debts are handled differently in each type, or “chapter,” of bankruptcy in California. Therefore, it is important to understand how bankruptcy affects medical debt...
In law, the “statute of limitations” is the deadline for bringing a claim or case. If a creditor wishes to sue a debtor in order to collect a debt, such as a medical bill resulting from a surgery or hospital visit, the creditor must sue before the statute...
