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Bankruptcy? Sometimes, You Have No Choice

More than half of the people who file for bankruptcy have college degrees, hold steady jobs, make more than the American median income, generally behave like good citizens, and from all appearances are perfectly kind and decent folks.  But some huge, unexpected, and totally overwhelming expense has brought their whole world tumbling down around them. 

In the majority of cases, medical expenses accumulate well beyond the person’s ability to pay—even with good health insurance coverage, the expenses can run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.  In many other cases, disability and the loss of steady income destroy a family’s quality of life.  Often, extended care for an older parent or relative will break the bank.  Even with the best financial management, resourcefulness and extreme creativity, the expenses can outrun the income by such a wide margin it becomes hopeless.

If you face insurmountable debt, and you stand in jeopardy of losing everything, contact a bankruptcy specialist.  Far more than just debt consolidation or financial management, a skilled and experienced attorney can show you a wide array of legal options that will relieve your debt, preserve some measure of your good credit, and allow you to sleep peacefully at night.  An attorney can protect you from creditors’ mean-spirited telephone calls and nasty letters.  An attorney can negotiate settlements, structure new contracts, secure better terms, bargain for lower interest rates, and look for other debt relief.  And many bankruptcy attorneys, knowing your difficulty and stress, will begin preparing your case with little or no money down.

Yes, new Federal bankruptcy laws have made Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 far more complicated and difficult.  Yes, bankruptcy is an extreme remedy; and, even under the very best circumstances, it will take several years for you to rebuild and repair your good credit.  Yes, almost all attorneys agree bankruptcy still represents a family’s last resort...But in some circumstances, declaring bankruptcy and earning a fresh start is a family’s only resort. 

In some very difficult circumstances, bankruptcy becomes the only means by which a family can preserve any of the assets it struggled a lifetime to earn.

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