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"With last year's change in the bankruptcy laws
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The New Bankruptcy also provides worksheets
to help you determine whether you can file for
bankruptcy under the new law. It also includes
checklists, sample forms and easy-to-use legal
charts for all 50 states. It does not come with
the forms to file your bankruptcy for this kit
read the next paragraph and follow the link.
List of Sample
Forms
- Voluntary Petition
- Form 6: Summary of Schedules
- Form 6: Statistical Summary of Certain Liabilities
- Form 6: Schedule A-Real Property
- Form 6: Schedule B-Personal Property
- Form 6: Schedule C-Property Claimed as Exempt
- Form 6: Schedule D-Creditors Holding Secured
Claims
- Form 6: Schedule E-Creditors Holding Unsecured
Priority Claims
- Form 6: Schedule F-Creditors Holding Unsecured
Nonpriority Claims
- Form 6: Schedule G-Executory Contracts and
Unexpired Leases
- Form 6: Schedule H-Codebtors
- Form 6: Schedule I-Current Income of Individual
Debtor(s)
- Form 6: Schedule J-Current Expenditures
of Individual Debtor(s)
- Form 6: Declaration Concerning Debtor's
Schedules
- Form 7: Statement of Financial Affairs
- Form 201: Notice to Individual Consumer
Debtor Under § 342(b) Bankruptcy Code
- Form B22A: Statement of Current Monthly
Income and Means Test Calculation
- Form 8: Chapter 7 Individual Debtor's Statement
of Intention
- Form 21: Statement of Social Security Number
- Statement Pursuant to Rule 2016(B)
- Creditor Matrix Cover Sheet
- Creditor Mailing Matrix
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"A clear path through the bankruptcy maze!"
"Bankruptcy laws have changed, and figuring out how to use
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- qualifying for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
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- which debts are wiped out
- how bankruptcy affects homeowners
- keeping cars and other property
- how bankruptcy affects credit
- alternative ways to handle debt problems
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The New Bankruptcy Law: A Work in Progress
1. What Is Bankruptcy?
- Types of Bankruptcy
- How Bankruptcy Stops Collection Efforts
- The Bankruptcy Trustee
- Changes to the Bankruptcy Laws
2. Who Can File for Bankruptcy
- Credit Counseling
- Calculating Your Income Status
- Chapter 7 Eligibility Requirements
- Chapter 13 Eligibility Requirements
3. How Bankruptcy Affects Your Debts
- Debts That Will Be Discharged in Bankruptcy
- Debts That Survive Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
- Debts That Survive Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
- Debts Discharged Only Under Chapter 13
- How Joint Debts Are Handled
4. Your Property and Bankruptcy
- Your Bankruptcy Estate
- Inventory Your Property
- Value Your Property
- Understanding Exemptions
5. Your Home
- Homeowners Filing for Bankruptcy Under Chapter 7
- Homeowners Filing for Bankruptcy Under Chapter 13
- Renters Filing for Bankruptcy
6. What Happens to Property That Secures
a Loan
- What Are Secured Debts?
- How Secured Debts Are Handled in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
- Eliminating Liens in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
- How Secured Debts Are Handled in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
7. Your Credit Cards
- If Your Balance Is Zero
- If You Owe Money but Are Current
- If You Are in Default
8. Your Job, Freedom, and Self-Respect
- Will You Lose Your Self-Respect?
- Will You Lose Your Job?
- Effect of Bankruptcy on Job Applicants
- Other Forms of Discrimination Because of Bankruptcy
- Effect of Bankruptcy on Child Custody
- Effect of Bankruptcy on Your Freedoms
9. Bankruptcy Forms and Procedures
- The Means Test
- Challenges for Abuse
- Valuation Hearings
- Common Chapter 7 Motions and Proceedings
- Conversions From One Chapter to Another
- Potential Problems in Chapter 13
- Filling Out the Bankruptcy Forms
10. Getting Help With Your Bankruptcy
- Debt Relief Agencies
- Bankruptcy Lawyers
- Bankruptcy Petition Preparers
- Books and Internet Resources
11. Alternatives to Bankruptcy
- Do Nothing
- Negotiate With Your Creditors
- Get Outside Help to Design a Repayment Plan
- File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- File for Chapter 12 Bankruptcy
Glossary
Appendixes
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Federal and State Exemption Tables
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Charts
- Median Family Income
- National Standards for Allowable Living Expenses
- Allowable Living Expenses for Transportation
C. Sample Bankruptcy Forms
- Form 1, Voluntary Petition
- Form 6, Summary of Schedules
- Form 6, Statistical Summary of Certain Liabilities
- Form 6, Schedule A-Real Property
- Form 6, Schedule B-Personal Property
- Form 6, Schedule C-Property Claimed as Exempt
- Form 6, Schedule D-Creditors Holding Secured Claims
- Form 6, Schedule E-Creditors Holding Unsecured Priority
Claims
- Form 6, Schedule F-Creditors Holding Unsecured Nonpriority
Claims
- Form 6, Schedule G-Executory Contracts and Unexpired
Leases
- Form 6, Schedule H-Co-debtors
- Form 6, Schedule I-Current Income of Individual Debtor(s)
- Form 6, Schedule J-Current Expenditures of Individual
Debtor(s)
- Form 6, Declaration Concerning Debtor's Schedules
- Form 7, Statement of Financial Affairs
- Form 201, Notice to Individual Consumer Debtor Under
§ 342(b) Bankruptcy Code
- Form B22A, Statement of Current Monthly Income and Means
Test Calculation
- Form 8-Chapter 7 Individual Debtor's Statement of Intention
- Form 21, Statement of Social Security Number
Statement Pursuant to Rule 2016(B)
- Creditor Matrix Cover Sheet
- Creditor Mailing Matrix
D. Worksheets
- Worksheet A: Current Monthly Income
- Worksheet B: Allowable Monthly Expenses
- Worksheet C: Monthly Disposable Income
- Worksheet D: The Means Test
- Worksheet E: Personal Property Checklist
- Worksheet F: Property Value Schedule
Index
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