• Pending legislation

    By Sam Calvert, Attorney At Law |

    People who have to file bankruptcy often have judgments against them from before their bankruptcy case was filed. Bankruptcy discharges the personal obligation, but  does not remove the judgment from the state court records.

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  • Lien Stripping Case At Supreme Court

    By Sam Calvert, Attorney At Law |

    The United States Supreme Court may give us an answer to the following question: If you have a home with a first mortgage that exceeds the value of the home, can you use a Chapter 7 bankruptcy to "strip off" a second mortgage?

    Most of the judicial circuits around the country do not permit this in a Chapter 7, although most cases DO permit a person to do this in a Chapter 13 payment plan bankruptcy.

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  • Subprime loans were cash out, not purchase

    By Sam Calvert, Attorney At Law |

    Although not directly related to current bankruptcy practice, I thought this was interesting.

    I came across an article in the New York Times, published on November 14, 2014, with the following interesting paragraph:

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