Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: The Repayment Plan
We Want To Help You Understand What Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Is
As a Northern Kentucky Bankruptcy Attorney we want to help you understand that Chapter 13 bankruptcy is a court-supervised repayment plan, a consolidation of your debts into one payment, paid to the Court appointed Trustee. The Court has the power to force your creditors into one affordable payment. You pay the Trustee, and then each month, the Trustee distributes the money to your creditors according to the Chapter 13 plan approved by the Court and created by your Attorney.
It is important to understand that Chapter 13 is designed to help people save their home and car, and to stop foreclosures or repossessions. It is designed to pay back your creditors over time, to pay off the debts you cannot wipe out in a chapter 7 like student loans, taxes, past due mortgage payments, or fines. We can also use chapter 13 to protect a cosigner from creditor harassment.
The Benefits of a Northern KY Bankruptcy Attorney
At W. Ron Adams Law we can consolidate all of your debts (including credit card balances) and often you will not have to pay interest, or even pay back the debts in full. Filing a chapter 13 case will stop a foreclosure in the State of Kentucky as long as you file the chapter 13 before the confirmation of the Sheriff’s Sale. A confirmation hearing is typically held 3 weeks after the sale of the property.
We Can Help You Stop The Repossession Process
Filing a chapter 13 can stop the repossession process and help you keep your car; your attorney can even get the car back if it has already been repossessed in some circumstances. We also use Chapter 13 to protect your cosigners from collection activities while you make the payments through the Court.
It is important that you discuss all of your options and your entire financial circumstances with an experienced bankruptcy attorney before you make your final decision as to which path you should take. Often refinancing your home can be an option to avoid bankruptcy, but sometimes refinancing is not possible, or even a good idea. Especially beware of interest only loans, adjustable rate mortgages and balloon payments. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! Chapter 13 Repayment Plans typically last for three to five years, depending upon many factors, including your income, living expenses, the number of people in your household, the type of debts you have, and the amounts you owe.
The Federal Bankruptcy Laws are complicated, and that is why we urge you to consult an experienced bankruptcy attorney. There are many ways an attorney can manipulate the new Bankruptcy Laws to work for you. You should consult with an experienced bankruptcy attorney whose practice concentrates in bankruptcy law, before you make any decisions regarding your financial problems.
To determine which type of bankruptcy is most appropriate for you requires an involved investigation into your financial affairs, including your income (now and over the past year), the number of members in your household, and the property you own now and have owned over the last 10 years. The new bankruptcy laws have made this even more complicated so I urge you to only seek counsel from attorneys concentrating in the practice of bankruptcy law. The new laws have many new rules and deadlines that are not known to the general practitioner.
We Want To Help You Stop Collection Activities
Whether you file a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13 bankruptcy you will stop creditor harassment and collection activities, but you must be sure you are filing under the correct chapter and that all your options have been explained to you. Your bankruptcy attorney can review your case in sufficient detail to provide you with all of your options.
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