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The most common complaint that clients have of their attorneys is that the attorney is unreachable, does not communicate with them regularly, or does not promptly return your calls. Your attorney should reach out to you about your case regularly and respond within 24 hours to calls and e-mails. An open line of communication between you and your attorney is essential to building trust.
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Regardless of the nature of your case, we have an experienced attorney who will focus on your individual needs. Our team of attorneys works closely together, bringing each of their different fields of experience to bear in order to optimize our client care.
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Our Iowa bankruptcy attorneys want you to know how to prepare for a bankruptcy petition. In this article on bankruptcy preparation, we go over the steps you need to take if you need to file for bankruptcy.
Before you file for bankruptcy, certain steps must be taken to prepare for your eventual filing. For starters, the completion of an online credit counseling course is required. Thankfully, these courses are usually relatively short and the expense is nominal. Our Iowa bankruptcy lawyers are also required to submit to the court certain information regarding your assets, liabilities, income, and expenses. Thankfully for you, we cover these in detail, and also explain what happens at the first meeting of creditors and the effects of discharge of your debt.
In this article, our Iowa bankruptcy attorneys explain how you can keep your house and cars in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
In most cases, our clients can file for bankruptcy without losing any assets including their home and vehicles. If your vehicle or home is held as collateral, you will most likely have the option to sign a reaffirmation agreement. This reaffirms the loan without discharging it in the bankruptcy process. The Bankruptcy Code states that a portion of equity in particular types of property can be exempt from collection. You can apply these exemptions to the property you decide to keep in order to avoid the trustee collecting the property to pay your creditors. For example:
In this article, our Iowa bankruptcy lawyers explain what happens at the first meeting of creditors in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Once your bankruptcy attorney files the petition, they will accompany you to the “First Meeting of Creditors.” This meeting is between you, your attorney, and your case's bankruptcy trustee. The trustee asks you preliminary questions and may do the following:
The trustee will then ask you specific questions about your finances. The meeting is usually about 10 minutes long and should not be terribly stressful.
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