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Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Forms In addition, you will need to file a creditor mailing list/matrix, credit counseling certificate, any debt repayment plan you developed through counseling, and copies of pay stubs or other evidence of payment you received from your employer within 60 days of filing your petition.

Wave the Chapter 7 fees In other circumstances you may be able to file a petition with the court to reduce or eliminate your Chapter 7 filing fee. Finally, the best possible advice for any who has any amount of income through a job is to stop paying anyone and take your next paycheck directly to a bankruptcy attorney.

In general, costs ranging from $500 to $3,500 are considered typical for Chapter 7. You'll be required to pay the fee before you file, since attorney's fees could qualify as part of the debt discharged in a successful Chapter 7 filing.

Yes, under bankruptcy law, you can still liquidate in a Chapter 7, even if you do not have any or substantial assets or property. Typically, most Chapter 7 cases involve individual debtors who have no assets to satisfy any portion of their creditors' claims. These are called "no-asset" cases.

In a no-asset Chapter 7 case, you don't have any property that the bankruptcy trustee can take and sell in order to repay your creditors. Yours can be a no-asset Chapter 7 even if you own property -- that's because if all of your property is exempt, then the trustee cannot take it.

Filing Fees and Required Courses For a Chapter 7 case, the fee is $335. For a Chapter 13 case, the fee is $310. The Bankruptcy Trustee may charge a fee of $15 to $20 when you file, as well.

To amend a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, complete an amendment form and submit it to the bankruptcy court clerk. You are required to sign the form under penalty of perjury, just like your bankruptcy petition.

There are a few instances where you can add debts to your bankruptcy petition that were incurred after your initial bankruptcy filing date. ... If you file a Chapter 7 and get a discharge then file a Chapter 13 (commonly called a Chapter 20), you can add any new debts to the Chapter 13 petition.

Most courts will not allow you to reopen a closed case just to add a creditor. If this case was a no-asset case, then most courts consider it to be discharged (absent fraud). If your case is still open, you can add creditors for $26.

If a creditor gets a judgment against you and the debt is dischargeable in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy (not all obligations are), filing for bankruptcy will wipe out a creditor's ability to collect. Judgments, however, create a lien on your property. And liens don't go away in bankruptcy automatically.

If you do not, then the omitted debt might not be discharged. However, in most bankruptcy districts, the omitted debt is discharged if yours is a no asset bankruptcy case. A no asset case means that you do not have property that the trustee could take and sell off to pay your creditors.

Receiving your discharge. Assuming that everything goes according to schedule, you can expect to receive your bankruptcy discharge (the court order that wipes out your debts) about 60 days after your 341 meeting of creditors hearing, plus a few days for mailing.

Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases can last anywhere from three to five years, and a lot can happen during that time. Fortunately, if your circumstances change, bankruptcy law allows you to modify the Chapter 13 repayment plan so you can still accomplish your goals.

Answer: If your income goes down during your Chapter 13 bankruptcy and you can no longer afford your monthly plan payment, you can to ask the court to modify your plan and reduce your payment amount. Whether the court will allow you to lower your plan payment will depend on a number of factors.

Plan - Amended Chapter 13 Plan -- Pre-Confirmation Once a plan has been filed, any changes proposed by the debtor must be made by filing an amended plan and not by filing a stipulation between the affected parties. ... A chapter 13 debtor who represents him or herself must file the amended plan with the clerk's office.