In Chapter 13, Don’t Bounce Your Checks! Please don’t bounce your checks, when paying the Chapter 13 Trustee. At least here in Northern...

IRS Means Never Having to Say….Anything The IRS is not like most creditors. (Your probably knew that.)  The IRS in bankruptcy is not like...

If you are filing bankruptcy, Get Your Money Out of Wells Fargo. People filing bankruptcy get kicked when they are down, if they bank  at...

…But the Car Still Has to Pay. When you file Chapter 7 bankruptcy, that means you don’t have to make the car payments. But that does not...

The Big Bailout Helps If You have to Skip Chapter 13 Payments The big bailout law, just passed, includes some slack for people in Chapter...

The Bankruptcy Court is Alexandria is Postponing the Trustee Hearings. Because of the corona virus, bankruptcy hearings in Alexandria VA...

The Federal Government is Pausing Foreclosures on Mortgages They Control. Last week the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced a 60 day...

In the last few months, OneMain has been contacting me about reaffirmation negotiation on car loans. That took me by surprise. With the...

Bankruptcy Alternative: Just Don’t Pay Some people want or need an alternative to Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Meet Henry Hudson and his wife...

I just finished a survey of people who filed bankruptcy with me three years ago. Here’s one big thing I found out: credit scores three...

Most people have no idea how much they spend on health care. When you file bankruptcy, one of the forms for the bankruptcy court is...

Good News:  Fannie Mae Announces New Shorter Waiting Period for After Bankruptcy Mortgage. Here’s the most important question for people...

Heard a commercial last week for Freedom Debt Relief on WTOP. Freedom Debt Relief is very careful in their contracts. But I think they...

I think it’s an FDCPA violation for a debt collector to call itself Law Enforcement Systems. Couple years ago, one of my bankruptcy...

Apple paid $350 filing fee for a two billion dollar legal battle that tied up this Federal court house for a month. You pay $335 for a...

Before she came to talk to me about bankruptcy, Ana was scammed out of $200 by Recovery Services. “Recovery Services” called Ana from...

Filing Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Woodbridge VA | Law Office of Robert Weed I’m Northern Virginia bankruptcy lawyer Robert Weed.  I want to...

Your After Bankruptcy Credit Report Your after bankruptcy credit report is a big part of your “fresh start” in bankruptcy. That’s why...

Virginia Statute of Limitations for Credit Card Debt Some people, whose credit is really, really bad, don’t need to file bankruptcy,...

As a Virginia bankruptcy lawyer, people ask me almost every day, do I need to file bankruptcy after foreclosure? When I try to answer...