CAUTION: In a NY Bankruptcy, an asset may lose it’s protected status without you realizing it
For most people, bankruptcy cases are “successful” versus “unsuccessful” depending on whether they can keep most, if not all, of their property. Sometimes, this forecasting can be difficult to make. Even as a bankruptcy attorney, you may run with an assumption about an asset, and then someone challenges that assumption. In this case, the trustee […]
KEEP READING . . .Social Security Bankruptcy: Do you need a social security number to file bankruptcy?
I get inquiries fairly regularly concerning whether an individual that does not have a social security number may file for bankruptcy. When it comes to social security bankruptcy, the answer is yes. In one case out of the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, the court ruled that a debtor without a social […]
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