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What Relief Can a Mortgage Loan Modification Provide?
Difficulty in keeping up with mortgage payments is a common problem, especially at a time when so many people are facing financial hardship related to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. If you are finding it more and [...]
How Does Filing for Bankruptcy Affect Child Support Obligations?
When you are struggling with excessive debt, any additional expenses can start to feel like impossible burdens. Unfortunately, this may include child support obligations stemming from a divorce or paternity judgment. Regardless of how much you may wish to contribute [...]
Making the Most of the Extended Foreclosure Moratorium
During the COVID-19 public health emergency, a foreclosure moratorium on federally backed mortgages has helped many homeowners who are struggling financially due to unemployment, loss of business, and healthcare expenses. Thanks in part to an executive order issued by President [...]
How Can Chapter 5 Bankruptcy Help Small Businesses During COVID-19?
Small businesses have been hit especially hard by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many businesses have found some relief thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program and other terms of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) [...]
What Are My Options for Avoiding Foreclosure in New York?
When you are struggling to make ends meet, the threat of foreclosure on your home only makes matters worse. Unfortunately, this is a threat that many homeowners are facing now and in the coming months due to financial struggles related [...]
Know the Implications and Options of Filing for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
When you are drowning in debt, it is easy to consider filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. It is, after all, a way to effectively eliminate most (if not all) of your debt so that you can begin to turn things around. [...]
Study Finds Debt, Bankruptcy, and Cancer Often Go Hand-in-Hand
Being diagnosed with cancer, in and of itself, can be absolutely devastating. But what about the realization that you might spend the rest of your life in debt or need to file for bankruptcy because of the cost of treatment? It [...]
Life After Bankruptcy: Reestablishing Credit and New Lending Prospects
If you are thinking of filing for bankruptcy, then you have probably been dealing with financial troubles for quite some time. You may also be worried about what life will look like once it is all over. Is it as bad as [...]
Should My Spouse and I Try a Separation Before Getting Divorced?
Most couples who find themselves on the road to divorce briefly think about the idea of separation before actually going through with the filing process. The motivators for exploring this option can stem from a multitude of factors; money, for example, [...]
What Happens When Individuals Are Suspected of Bankruptcy Fraud?
Bankruptcy can help debtors turn their lives around, but it is a highly complex process with a lot of potential pitfalls. Landing in one of them can have consequences that range in severity, from difficulty in getting the bankruptcy discharged to [...]
