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Is Your Bankruptcy Attorney Doing What Is In Your Best Interest?

Some firms have opted to guide every debtor into a Chapter 13. The good news is the client receives bankruptcy protection as soon as their case is filed. The bad news? They can end up paying $4,000.00 in attorney fees! The flat fee authorized by the Eastern District of Missouri Bankruptcy Court is $4,000.00 per Chapter 13 case. If you choose one of these bargain-price firms to handle your bankruptcy, you may end up paying four or five times as much as you would have paid for a Chapter 7. 

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Do I Need a Certain Amount of Debt to File Bankruptcy?

To some people, $10,000.00 of debt might not seem like a lot. But if you are struggling to make ends meet, and don’t have any money left after paying for your essentials, then you’ll never be able pay off $10,000.00. What makes it even worse is that the creditors may be able to sue you and garnish your wages. If you were having problems before, even a small garnishment could result in you being unable to pay your rent/mortgage, or car payments. If you don’t have anywhere to stay or don’t have a car to get it to work things can get worse very quickly. In this situation, it would make a lot of sense to file bankruptcy and get rid of the debt.

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