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Quote Lookup Sponsored By Markets ADVERTISEMENT Funds Screener ADVERTISEMENT The New Bankruptcy Rules by Aleksandra Todorova October BANKRUPTCY IS A BIG step one that will follow you around for seven to years depending on the route you take And the requirements have become much stricter thanks to new bankruptcy laws that take effect on Oct Here are answers to the most frequently asked questions about bankruptcy The Basics The Process The Aftermath What Is the Difference Between Chapter and Chapter ?If you file for Chapter bankruptcy most of your unsecured debts are written off within days of filing The bankruptcy will stay on your credit report for years While debts will be forgiven you'll have to sell some of your property with the proceeds distributed to your creditors In most cases this means you'll lose your home as well as any expensive items such as art and jewelry and pricey consumer electronics Chapter on the other hand is a repayment plan You set up a three or five year schedule with your creditors Chapter bankruptcy remains on your credit report for seven years With this type of bankruptcy you get to keep all of your property including your home Is

Enter Symbol or Company Name ADVERTISEMENT Markets ADVERTISEMENT Funds Screener ADVERTISEMENT Out of Options by Aleksandra Todorova June WHILE IN THE process of getting divorced three years ago Sparkle Parks a year old administrator at Ohio State University's medical center found herself five months behind on her mortgage payments and burdened with in credit card debt I was used to two incomes she says but when my husband stopped making the house payments all of the responsibility fell on me I ended up falling behind financially In order to save the four bedroom house where she and her two children had lived for seven years Parks sought the protection of the bankruptcy courts In she filed for and is now paying back her creditors on a five year schedule that will allow her to settle all of her debts Unlike many bankruptcy filers Parks says she doesn't feel embarrassed about what happened because it taught her a valuable lesson My mistake was that I wasn't saving she says Now she's budgeting carefully placing whatever is left at the end of the month into a savings account made me rethink how I deal with my money she says It just made

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