Yes.
Chapter 7 is a liquidation bankruptcy, you are giving up your assets. If you want to keep your home and car you would need to file a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
In a US bankruptcy, you will have to turn over all property of the estate. Out of country assets are property of this estate.
hide the assets then file.
if your legally married when you file bankruptcy, you must include every single asset including the spouses. depends on what type of bk you file. you may be able to keep your assets.
NO. Absolutely fully protected...
Absolutely...it is always exempt from seizure or use and will NOT be taken.
They are protected.
You can have a trust and file for bankruptcy but the more important question is whether you should given what is in the trust, who transferred the assets into the trust and who is a beneficiary of the trust. If you have set up a trust and have irrevocably transferred all of your interest to assets to the trust then there may be questions of whether the transfers were proper and allowable under bankruptcy law. If you are a beneficiary of a trust the question becomes whether your beneficial interest in the trust is protected when you file for bankruptcy. This will depend on reviewing the facts of how the trust and reviewing the trust documents.
This will be considered an asset. You cannot file bankruptcy if you have a number of assets that can be used to pay your creditors. Depending on the amount of the settlement, you should wait years to file bankruptcy.
Probably not
Yes, but not until your discharge. If you take money out of a 401K after you file and before discharge, the money is no longer exempt and could be taken by the Trustee. If you take it out after your discharge the money is yours.
If the value of the assets greatly exceed the allowable exemptions, then yes they can be seized.