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Are debts completely eliminated by filing for bankruptcy?

April 26, 2017Bankruptcy completely debts filing

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Are debts completely eliminated by filing for bankruptcy?

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What happens in bankruptcy (assuming you are successful) is that your legal obligation to pay on your debt will be discharged. Debts are never technically eliminated. They still exist after a bankruptcy, but you no longer have the legal obligation to pay on the ones that are discharged.