Blog Posts in August, 2013

I get asked this question frequently. The short answer in California is “no,” but there are rare exceptions. To understand those exceptions, we need to know something about the nature of ...

Many homeowners have a system with their lender where the lender automatically pulls the mortgage payment from the homeowner’s bank account. However, when a bankruptcy is filed, the automatic stay of ...

In In re Welsh , 711 F.3d 1120 (9th Cir. 2013) , the Court decided that secured debt payments could be taken as a deduction on the Chapter 13 means test, even where those expenses might not seem ...

When a debtor decides to surrender a house in bankruptcy, there are many considerations. First, it is important to know that there is no mechanism to actually turn over title and possession to the ...