Posts Categorized: Bankruptcy

DEBTOR’S PROPERTY OWNERSHIP AFTER BANKRUPTCY SURRENDER

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Secured Debt has 2 Parts 1. Debtor’s Personal Obligation to Pay Back the Loan 2. The Lender’s Security Interest, the Lien What is the actual meaning of property ownership after bankruptcy surrender?  The bankruptcy discharge removes a debtor’s obligation to pay the debt, assuming the debtor has not signed a reaffirmation agreement (agreeing to be… Read more »

IS THERE RELIEF THROUGH BANKRUPTCY FOR DEFAULTED STUDENT LOANS?

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The beaten-down American consumer is in the throes of scratching his way out from under the mortgage loan lending crisis, and now there is a new and looming catastrophe: the ever-growing student loan crisis. Student loan borrowing exceeded the $100 billion mark in 2010, and total outstanding student loans surpassed the $1 trillion point for… Read more »