What are they looking for in my bank statements when I file Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy filing is really nothing to be scared about. Your attorney will be with you when you go to court. The bank statements they want to see what kind of money you had in the bank and per the other poster, see if there was an extreme change in your income, and money situation. It’s nothing to be worried about. If you know your income is below your states median income level, then you have nothing to worry about. The attorney that you meet with will review your information, yes, your employer can print off you payroll stubs showing how much money you made, they do it all the time if someone doesn’t have the stubs and the courts will except those instead of the actual stubs. Your creditors can threaten you all they want, but once you file the bankruptcy per the laws, they cannot contact you again. If they do, you give them the case # you get from the courts and they have to cease contact with you. This is what happens….You provide the documentation to your attorney, you have to ta