Protecting Your Credit and Dividing Your Debts During Divorce
Although divorce is one of the most stressful and difficult events to happen in a person’s life, it is also a time when major decisions must be made...
Divorce & Bankruptcy Don't Mix
Going through a divorce can be a challenging legal matter all by itself. When couples add additional issues like filing separately for bankruptc...
The Truth about Credit Card Settlements
You’ve seen the television commercials and heard the radio advertisements, “I hired a company who settled my credit card debts for pennies on th...
Marital Property Liability
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Filing Bankruptcy in Oregon FAQ's
What's a bankruptcy? The U.S. Congress enacted the bankruptcy law to permit qualifying persons and firms to obtain relief from debts. Bankruptcy is...
Joint Accounts & Divorce - Handling various Accounts Acquired in Marriage
1. How are joint accounts distributed in a divorce? Once a couple starts a divorce, there are many loose ends that have to be resolved. Some of t...
Family Law and Bankruptcy
1. How does bankruptcy affect a divorce? Family law and bankruptcy seem to go together like Batman and Robin. Upon splitting up, either the spouses c...
Divorce & Bankruptcy FAQ's
1. What is bankruptcy? Bankruptcy is a legal method of eliminating debt and providing a means for debt-oppressed people to obtain a "fresh start." In...
Erasing Negative Credit Report Entries after Divorce
1. I got my credit report, now what? Once you get your credit report, get comfortable and really study it. This means first learning to read it. Your...
Fix Bad Credit Reports-Tips for Fixing your Credit Score after Divorce
1. How to add positive credit to your credit report. Even if you have remaining blemishes on your credit report, you can offset those blemishes by ad...
Property and Debt Allocation in Minnesota Divorce
I. Marital Property. In Minnesota, all property acquired during the marriage by either party is presumed to be marital property. This means that e...
Massachusetts Child Support FAQ's
1) How is child support calculated? Under the Massachusetts "child support guidelines" a percentage of the non-custodial parent's income is used, s...
For Women, Financial Help Is at Hand
Divorce is a life-changing event, and for most people, it is a financially devastating experience. Spouses who had little or no control over finances ...
