There is nothing you can do to help your friend at this time other than listen and be supportive. Your friend may need more financial assistance. Look into local help such as DSHS. There are a variety of local assistance.
Bankruptcy is filed in federal district court. You may want to start with their files.
When you co-sign on a loan or mortgage for someone, you are promising to make the loan payments if they can't. When someone files for bankruptcy, they are claiming that they cannot make their payments. It would stand to reason that if someone you co-signed on a mortgage for files for bankruptcy that you would then be liable for making the payments.
If a car dealership files for bankruptcy, someone will purchase the accounts receivable as part of the bankruptcy settlement. That person or company should contact you and tell you where to make payments.
Sometimes credit card charges are not included in bankruptcy. If they are then you will no longer be able to use them.
You can try www.chilawyers.com. They specialize in bankruptcy.
When someone needs legal help from bankruptcy they can contact their local legal aid office. They will assign you someone to speak to about your options.
Bankruptcy lawyers can be found at the Bankruptcy Lawyer website. From there you can search by area or zip code or contact them directly for more help locating someone locally. Debt B Gone, Fresh Start Bankruptcy and Total Bankruptcy are sites that can help determine if bankruptcy is an option for individuals or businesses.
if the consigner files bankruptcy can the borrower take the car
One can get help refinancing a mortgage by visiting a bank or a mortgage specialist. This type of refinancing can help someone to get out of bankruptcy.
If the pastor files for personal bankruptcy, no - the church fund can't be touched. If he files bankruptcy ON BEHALF of the church, then any and all funds and assets of the church can be affected.
They both go bankruptcy
No, you are not. When someone files bankruptcy the title to their property is held by the trustee in bankruptcy. The bankrupt cannot sell any property therefore, if they do, the title is not clear. You may lose the property to the creditors if someone tracks it down. You would then be out of the property and any money you paid for it.