What is Bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding in which a person who can not pay his or her bills can get a fresh financial start. The right to file for bankruptcy is provided by federal law, and all bankruptcy cases are handled in federal court. Filing bankruptcy immediately stops all of your creditors from seeking to collect debts from you, at least until your debts are sorted out according to the law.
Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding in which a person (the debtor) who is unable pay his or her bills (the creditors) can get a fresh start. Bankruptcy is started by filing a petition with the Federal Bankruptcy Court. The petition discloses all of the debtor’s financial affairs including assets and liabilities. Filing bankruptcy immediately and instantly, though sometimes only temporarily, stops creditors from seeking to collect debts.
A bankruptcy is a legal declaration that an individual or a business is unable to pay its creditors or debts. Bankruptcy allows individuals or businesses to either restructure their debt and pay a portion or percentage of it back within a payment plan (Chapter 13), or have most of their debts wiped out (Chapter 7) completely.
Bankruptcy is the legal method for a debtor to discharge or relieve debt. Bankruptcy is a way for people or a business who owe more money than they can pay to either work out a plan to repay the money over time or to have their debt wiped out. While no debtor is guaranteed a total discharge, most debtors who file for bankruptcy are given such relief. One of the primary purposes of the bankruptcy act is to relieve the honest debtor from the weight of oppressive indebtedness and to provide the debtor with a fresh start. Title 11 of the United States Code regulates the filing of a bankruptcy. If the debtor initiates the bankruptcy it is called a voluntary bankruptcy. If the creditor initiates the bankruptcy it is called an involuntary bankruptcy. In an involuntary bankruptcy the debtor has the opportunity to contest the petition. While the debtor is either working out a plan or the trustee is gathering the available assets to sell, the Bankruptcy Code provides that creditors must stop all
