May 15, 2023 | Virginia Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Means Test Inflation Adjustment for Family of Two Goes the Wrong Way Budgeting food and clothes in the bankruptcy court for a family of two just got harder. According to the Justice Department (who gets them from the IRS, who gets them from the Bureau of...
Sep 1, 2016 | Blog, Virginia Bankruptcy
Why Filing Bankruptcy Stops Payroll Garnishment: Virginia Law, Virginia Form I’m surprised a couple times each month by Virginia employers who don’t know that bankruptcy stops payroll garnishment. Some employers think they need to keep on garnishing, until...
Jun 21, 2014 | Chapter 13, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Virginia Bankruptcy
If you are in Chapter 13, the vehicle operating budget you are allowed will be too small. That’s (almost) a mathematical certainty. Here’s why. The census bureau shows–no surprise–that people who are working spend on average double on...
Mar 30, 2013 | Virginia Bankruptcy
Did you put off filing bankruptcy until after somebody got a judgment against you? Pre-bankruptcy judgments are liens on property you own before the bankruptcy. (Sometimes they can be removed; sometimes they can’t.) But they cannot put a lien on a house you...
Jun 27, 2012 | Virginia Bankruptcy
People often ask me, what happens after bankruptcy if I . . . Get a big raise… Start a business… Get a big tax refund in future years… Become a reality star… Win the lottery… How does that affect my bankruptcy? I tell them the purpose...
May 1, 2012 | Virginia Bankruptcy
“Angie” filed a bankruptcy a couple years ago with some other lawyer. Her bankruptcy was “dismissed.” She emailed me yesterday, looking for a lawyer she could “trust.” “I filed two years ago and my lawyer filed too early...
