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Dischargeable Debts & Bankruptcy

Dischargeable Debts Dischargeable debts are those debts that can be discharged through bankruptcy proceedings. A debtor is no longer personally liable to pay for dischargeable debts after the bankruptcy proceedings are concluded. The following debts are dischargeable: * back rent * utility bills * some court judgments * most credit and charge card bills * … Continue reading

Mom doesn't have to pay her bankruptcy debt but has to pay my deceased fathers?

My father passed away 6 months ago. He was only 48, my mother is 52. She cannot collect on his SS. And they had filed bankruptcy two years ago. First the bankruptcy lawyers said they would lower her debt payments, since my father is deceased. Now they are saying that they can wipe her debt … Continue reading