Wednesday, 1 November 2017

When To File A Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Utah

By Michelle Johnson


Debts can make your life inconvenient, difficult to live and full of stress. It can significantly reduce your quality of life. You may want to clear your debts, but the interest accruing and late payment penalties charged by your creditors may simply be too much for you to pay. To clear you debt, you may need to seek legal assistance. By filing a chapter 7 bankruptcy Utah residents will be able to get rid of all their bad debts.

By seeking to be declared bankrupt, you will get a number of legal protections. For one, the debt will be frozen, which means it cannot be increased in any way. Secondly, creditors will have to go through the court to recover their funds, so they will not communicate with you in any way. This will give you peace of mind.

When the proceedings are over, the debtor will be forgiven of all bad debts. While they would have lost most of their property, they will get a chance to start life afresh and free from debt. When you have your debts forgiven, you should learn from the experience to live below your means and avoid bad debt. That said, the benefits of this bankruptcy option far outweigh the disadvantages.

There are several chapters that debtors can choose to seek debt forgiveness under. They include chapters 11 and 13. While individual consumers can use chapter 13 to get rid of their debt, the process takes time and requires them to have a stable job. Chapter 11 on the other hand, is only meant for corporates and businesses.

Any organization, business, corporate entity or individual consumer can qualify for debt forgiveness under chapter 7 bankruptcy. The only requirement that they are required to fulfill is the lack of sufficient income to service their debts. Anyone who has a reliable income would be advised to seek debt reorganization.

With this option, all the assets belonging to the debtor are sold to recover funds that will be used to pay off their debts. However, every debtor is entitled to household and car exemptions provided under both federal and state bankruptcy laws. The debtor is usually given the chance to choose the exemptions they want, whether federal or state-provided.

Once all the assets belonging to the debtor are sold, the money is used to pay their debts. Usually, the money is distributed proportionately amongst all the creditors. Any amount that will not have been paid is written off. Unfortunately, the process of liquidating assets will come with some publicity, which is undesirable.

When you are declared bankrupt, your life may change significantly. This is because you will be listed as a defaulter, which will make lenders shy away from you. Car rental companies and landlords will also fear renting their assets to you because you may default on rent. In addition to that, there are some job that you will never get because most employers do not want bankrupt employees. The only upside of this option is that your debts will be written off.




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