How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy (8th ed) - Softcover

Stephen Elias

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873375025 ISBN 13: 9780873375023

Publisher: Nolo, 1999

Synopsis

Every year, more than a million people file for bankruptcy. This book provides a clear and complete overview of the bankruptcy process, explains the repercussions of filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and includes step-by-step instructions and all the forms necessary to file. It clearly outlines what debts can and cannot be eliminated in bankruptcy, what property debtors risk losing, how to protect assets and rebuild credit and how to deal with aggressive credit card companies seeking speedy credit repayment. State-by-state exemption tables included.

The completely updated eighth edition discusses discharging debts such as credit cards and taxes, removing liens on property, property exemptions and more. It also includes new material on filing for bankruptcy fraudulently.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen R. Elias is an attorney and associate publisher at Nolo Press. He is the author of many Nolo titles, including: How to File for Bankruptcy, Software Development: A Legal Guide, The Trademark Book, Collect Your Court Judgment, Fed Up With the Legal System and Nolo's Pocket Guide to Family Law.

Steve has been interviewed by most major media including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Good Morning America, 20/20, Money Magazine and more. He received his law degree from Hastings College of Law and practiced law in California, New York and Vermont before joining Nolo Press in 1980.

Albin Renauer received his J.D. in 1985 from the University of Michigan Law School and served on the Michigan Law Review. He worked for various public-interest law firms and for the California Supreme Court before coming to Nolo, where he has edited several books and software packages. After being immersed in creating self-help legal software programs to make tedious legal tasks as easy and non-intimidating as possible, Albin became the architect of Nolo's web site.

Attorney Robin Leonard has been featured as a money and credit advisor on Good Morning America and CNN, and in publications across the country, including Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, Money, Forbes and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of Nolo's Chapter 13 Bankruptcy and Credit Repair, and co-author of How to File for Bankruptcy and Take Control of Your Student Loans.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nolo
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873375025
• ISBN 13: 9780873375023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352