It can't be kept. All assets must be declared, even cash. Anything left out can be treated as bankruptcy fraud.
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If you're in Texas.... GOODLUCK!
Whether or not you lost money gambling has nothing to do with bankruptcy. The question is whether or not you can pay your bills. Do you make Twenty thousand a year and owe two hundred thousand? Are bill collectors at your door day and night? Then you file bankruptcy.
If your partner files for bankruptcy and you don't then the bankruptcy will not appear on your credit report. But you will be partly responsible for before bankruptcy filing. Generally filing bankruptcy will affect the credit rating of the individual who filed it.
Filing bankruptcy has no affiliation with religion. If filing bankruptcy is he best financial options available, then you should do it.
If you are filing for personal bankruptcy it is not necessary to have a lawyer. If you are filing for business bankruptcy, you must retain a lawyer on your behalf.
Bankruptcy will not stop a garnishment. You cannot set aside civil judgments by filing bankruptcy.
Set them straight, what ever position you or they are in.
No, retirement accounrts (ERISA qualified) are protected from seizure.
After filing for bankruptcy in Canada you may borrow money. The risk is borne by the creditor. During bankruptcy, after filing but prior to being discharged, you may obtain credit with a value of up to $1,000. without advising the creditor of your bankruptcy. Should you seek to borrow more than $1,000 you are obliged to advise the lender that you have filed for bankruptcy.
No. And the filing will stp the garnishment, at least temporarilary. The debt, and all your others, as well as all your assets, will be involved in the BK.