Consumer Bankruptcy: The Complete Guide to Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Personal Bankruptcy

by Henry J. Sommer

Overview

The most comprehensive and reliable guide for consumers--by the nation's preeminent bankruptcy attorney. This information-packed guide offers consumers all the help they will need to protect themselves through every step in the bankruptcy process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620459560
Publisher:	Trade Paper Press
Publication date:	02/01/1994
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

HENRY J. SOMMER is head of the Consumer Law Project at Community Legal Services, Inc. Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has served as Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he taught an advanced seminar on bankruptcy practice and theory. He is the author of Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice, now in its fourth edition, which is published by the National Consumer Law Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and has taught courses on bankruptcy to attorneys and judges around the country.

Table of Contents

OVERVIEW OF BANKRUPTCY.
What Is Bankruptcy?.
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy (Straight Bankruptcy): The Basic Steps.
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: The Basic Steps.
BANKRUPTCY STEP BY STEP.
Knowing All the Facts About Your Financial Picture.
Does Bankruptcy Provide the Best Solution?.
The Bankruptcy Forms.
After the Papers Are Filed.
LEGAL ISSUES IN BANKRUPTCY.
Automatic Stays and Turnover of Property.
Exemptions.
Dealing with Secured Creditors.
Issues Arising in Chapter 13 Cases.
Other Types of Litigation in the Bankruptcy Court.
The Bankruptcy Discharge: Protecting It and Using It.
Attorneys and Their Fees in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases.
Consumers' Rights in Business Bankruptcy Cases.
Appendices.
Index.