Bankruptcy Court Holds Consumer Debtor’s Wages, Garnished Within 90 Day Period Prior to Filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Are a Preference A recent decision, Tower Credit, Inc. v. Schott (In re Jackson), 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4369, is highlights one...
Bankruptcy Court Holds Consumer Debtor’s Wages, Garnished Within 90 Day Period Prior to Filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Are a Preference A recent decision, Tower Credit, Inc. v. Schott (In re Jackson), 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4369, is highlights one...
A recent story about a Fox26 News - Student Loan Nightmare in the New York Times about a man who owed a $1,500.00 student loan debt provides an example of why debtors may wrongly believe that failure to pay a...
People who are experiencing serious debt problems face many difficult decisions. If they feel that they are unable to pay their creditors and debt, they may face the difficult choice of whether to consider a Chapter 7 or Chapter...
We are sometime asked by debtors whose whose earning are being garnished and whose employer receives a second wage garnishment whether both garnishments will be enforced at the same time. The Courts of the State of New Jersey have explained...
Attorneys Who Regularly Engage in Collecting Consumer Debts, Including Those Representing Mortgagees in Foreclosure Proceedings, Are Subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The United States Supreme Court in the Matter of Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S. 291, 294-95,...