Bankruptcy

Why Did You Ask if We're Married when we Talked About Filing a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition in Arizona?

By Joseph McDaniel, Esq.

I don't want to know about your personal lives, exactly.

But you have two separate and distinct last names, and you don't wear wedding rings.

I don't care if you're doing what my parents would have called "Living in Sin". Or what my generation, 30 years ago, would have called "Ordinary Life".

I care because I can only file a joint bankruptcy petition in your case (that is, a Bankruptcy Petition for both of you) if you are a married couple.

If you aren't, there are going to be two filing fees, and two retainers.

So I guess I really do care if you're married.

Because I'm trying to save you a couple of bucks.

NOTHING HERE CONSTITUTES LEGAL ADVICE RE A CHAPTER 7, CHAPTER 13, CHAPTER 11, OR CHAPTER 12. FIND AN ARIZONA BANKRUPTCY LAWYER WHO IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN BANKRUPTCY LAW, AV RATED, AVVO 10 RATED, ON SUPERLAWYERS, OR JUST VERY EXPERIENCED AND A FORMER CHAIR OF SOME BANKRUPTCY SECTION OR COMMITTEE. NOTHING HERE MAY BE USED AS LEGAL ADVICE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BANKRUPTCY, WHETHER THAT BANKRUPTCY IS IN PHOENIX, GLENDALE, TEMPE, MESA, SCOTTSDALE, OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

Full post as published by Arizona Bankruptcy Attorney Blog on June 17, 2009 (boomark / email).