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What chapter of personal bankruptcy allows me to keep my mortgage, lease and active credit cards?
Optional Information: Country relating to Question: United States State (if USA): Massachusetts Already Tried: all but commiting to attorney
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The purpose for my seeking this bankruptcy is because I have a complaint against me for 60k as a gaurantor on a lease from a business. How does that figure in?
Chapter 13 allows a debtor to pay debts over a five-year period. The unsecured debts that have not been paid at the end of the five-year period are discharged/erased
How does that effect me trying to erase the Complaint for 60k but keep paying on most credit cards, lease and mortgage?
Thank you so much for the bonus.You would need to pay all of your disposable income into the chapter 13 plan. The disposable income would be paid toward your mortgage and other secured debt and the balance toward unsecured debt. At the end of the five-year payment period, most unsecured debt would be discharged.
So I can't keep mortgage payments and lease as is and erase Gaurantee?
That doesn't sound good. I am finalizing a refi at the moment.
Typically a debtor would be able to continue the mortgage payments as well as the lease – the difference would be that the payments would be made through the bankruptcy court during the five-year period.If you due choose to file a bankruptcy, typically it is best to wait until your refi has been completed. Once a bankruptcy is filed, the lender will not refi
Then I guess lastly how does that erase the complaint from the gaurantee.
Once a bankruptcy is filed, the automatic stay of the bankruptcy court prevents any action against a debtor outside of the bankruptcy court. Any liability that you may or may not have under the guarantee would be structured into your five-year payment plan
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What does an exemption mean in this case? Will my mortgage not be included in a chapter 13? it is $260,000
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Exemptions are the items that debtor may retain in either a chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy Here are the exemptions for Massachusetts:http://www.bankruptcyinformation.com/MA_exemp.htmWould you like to more fully explain your situation so that I can give you a better idea of how bankruptcy may affect you? If so, please make a list of your assets and the fair market value of the assets, your debts, any anything else you think may be relevant