Bankruptcy gets you out of debts you don’t want, but not stuff you don’t want. It doesn’t force the finance company to tow your car.  Or...

How to Tell Your Bank to Stop Loan Automatic Withdrawals Stop those automatic withdrawals! I usually tell people that when we first talk....

After bankruptcy, you might get a call or a bill on a debt that was discharged in your case.  Trying to collect a discharged debt during...

Bank of America wouldn’t fix Ed and Ann’s credit reports after bankruptcy. Our disputes were ignored, so we sued.  The judgment was...

<h2>After Bankruptcy:  Can they turn me away at the hospital?</h2> More than half of all bankruptcy is caused by health problems.  Many...

Internet payday loans are illegal in Virginia.  They are a felony.  (In order to make payday loans in Virginia, they have to have a...

The 2007 Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act expires December 31, 2012.   That’s one of the tax cuts, put in place when George Bush was...

Lots of people, in current or recent bankruptcy, are getting letters from Bank of America forgiving their second mortgages. What’s going...

I get a question like this a couple times a week. My name is Ben Chambers. You handled my bankruptcy about 8 months ago it went...

Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Mayer nailed a guy named Jon Mays this past week.  I was in the bankruptcy court on something else, and I...

People often ask me, what happens after bankruptcy if I . . . Get a big raise… Start a business… Get a big tax refund in future years…...

Two people in Chapter 13 bankruptcy plans came to see me this past week for a second opinion.  I told both that for them, Chapter 7...

My bankruptcy law office on Garrisonville Rd, Stafford, VA, is now serving bankruptcy clients in Fredericksburg City and Spotsylvania...

Before bankruptcy, sometimes you need to borrow money from Mom.  You might want to borrow that money and put her on your car title. Now...

“Angie” filed a bankruptcy a couple years ago with some other lawyer.  Her bankruptcy was “dismissed.”  She emailed me yesterday, looking...

My name is Lori Rupp and I’m Mr. Weed’s Chapter 13 paralegal. I’ve been a bankruptcy paralegal since 1998 and before I worked for Mr....

We sue debt collectors and creditors a dozen times a month for doing illegal things to our clients–before bankruptcy or after bankruptcy....

Ken and Mary filed bankruptcy with me three and a half years ago.  They had built back to a credit score in the high six hundreds. Until...

Here’s an email I got yesterday. “Dear Mr. Weed, “Just an update.  I did receive my clearance and thank you for your help.  I have a new...

After filing bankruptcy, people say they sleep better. That’s one of the exciting findings of a new survey, done through...