Take Inventory of What You Owe. Make a Budget. Avoid New Debt. Use a Debt Repayment Strategy. Reach Out to a Credit Counselor. Consider Debt Relief. Look Into Other Financial Assistance Programs.
If you can't or don't want to keep paying the secured debt, you have the option to surrender the collateral. This means you give the property back to the lender, and you're no longer responsible for the debt.
Debt relief is available in Florida to those who feel overwhelmed by what they owe. Relief comes mainly via banks, credit unions, online lenders and debt-relief companies – (nonprofit and for-profit).
If you received a discharge in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you must wait eight years. This period begins on the date the previous case was filed before another Chapter 7 can be filed. To be clear, you count the 8 years from the old filing date to the new filing date.
If you would like to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy you must pass the Florida means test. The test only applies to higher income filers which means that if your income is below the Florida median for your household size you are exempt from the test and may file a Chapter 7.
For example, in December 2021, Congress raised the debt ceiling from $28.9 trillion to $31.4 trillion, allowing borrowing to proceed until the total government borrowing reached this new limit (which finally happened on January 19, 2023).
What Are the Current Chapter 13 Debt Limits? The debt limitations set for cases filed between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2025, are $1,395,875 of secured debt, and $465,275 of unsecured debt.
Chapter 13 Eligibility Any individual, even if self-employed or operating an unincorporated business, is eligible for chapter 13 relief as long as the individual's combined total secured and unsecured debts are less than $2,750,000 as of the date of filing for bankruptcy relief. 11 U.S.C. § 109(e).