Each case is different. First, there must have been a Notice of Possible Dividends issued in the case to which you timely filed a proof of claim. Several months after the deadline to file claims has passed you may contact the Chapter 7 trustee and ask when the trustee anticipates making payments to creditors. Remember that in more complex cases or cases involving litigation, there may be many months of delay before payments may be made to creditors.

There is no single answer to this question. Each case is unique and the length of time before you receive a dividend depends on the circumstances of the individual case. After the deadline for filing claims has expired, you should contact the case trustee and inquire as to the time frame for distribution of claim payments to creditors.

If you received a Notice of Commencement of Case, or a notice of the meeting of creditors, you are listed as a creditor. You may also consult PACER or VCIS (see General Frequently Asked Questions on getting information about a case), or visit the Court in person to view the record of the case.

The Court cannot answer this question. It is dependent upon the length of time it takes the trustee to liquidate the assets in a case. There are times when liquidation involves lengthy and complex litigation. Once the Notice and Summary of the Trustee's Final Report and Account has been sent to all creditors, it takes approximately 6 to 8 weeks before the money is distributed to creditors. If opposition is filed to the final report and account, a hearing is scheduled.

You may add creditors at any time prior to the discharge order being entered in your case, however there will usually be a fee for doing so, depending on when you need to add the creditor to your case, and court costs charged by the Bankruptcy Court Clerk's Office.

Common reasons would include that the debt was incurred through fraud, willful and malicious injury or defalcation of fiduciary duty. The complaint objecting to dischargeability must be filed within 60 days of the date originally set for the 341 hearing.

In the office of the clerk of the bankruptcy court in the district where the debtor has resided or maintained a principal place of business for the greatest portion of the last 180 days. The bankruptcy court is a federal court and is a unit of the United States district court. Yes. A husband and wife may file a joint petition under chapter 7. if a joint petition is filed, only one set of bankruptcy forms is needed and only one filing fee is charged.

Bankruptcy is a procedure brought in federal court. About 6 months after your case is filed, the bankruptcy court in the area where you reside will issue an Order declaring all your unsecured debts discharged. That means your unsecured creditors which you had before you filed bankruptcy will then forever be barred from contacting you ever again to collect on a debt.

The debtor has falsified his schedules or otherwise perjured himself in connection with the bankruptcy case. The debtor transferred away assets with the intent to delay or hinder a creditor or bankruptcy trustee.

Secured creditors are creditors with valid mortgages or liens against property of the debtor. Property of the debtor that is encumbered by a valid mortgage or lien is called secured property. A secured creditor is usually per-mired to repossess or foreclose its secured property, unless the value of the secured property greatly exceeds the amount owed to the creditor.

unsecured creditor is a creditor without a valid lien or mortgage against property of the debtor. If the debtor has nonexempt assets, unsecured creditors may file claims with the court within 90 days after the first date set for the meeting of creditors. The trustee will examine these claims and file objections to those deemed improper.

The debtor should immediately notify the bankruptcy court in writing of the new address. Because most communications between a debtor and the bankruptcy court are by mail, it is important that the bankruptcy court always have the debtor's current address. Otherwise, the debtor may fail to receive important notices and the chapter 7 case may be dismissed. Many courts have change-of-address forms for debtors to use when they move, and the debtor should obtain one if a move is planned.

A chapter 7 case begins with the filing of the case and ends with the dosing of the case by the court. If the debtor has no nonexempt assets for the trustee to collect, the case will most likely be dosed shortly after the debtor receives his or her discharge, which is usually about four months after the case is filed.

Reaffirm the obligation with the secured creditor [both the debtor and creditor must agree to the reaffirmation]. Retain and keep current with creditor [a secured creditor with personal property for collateral may still be permitted to repossess the property should the debtor not reaffirm]. Redeem the property by paying the creditor the value of the collateral [only available with tangible personal property used for personal, family or household use].

The trustee is an officer of the court, appointed to examine the debtor, collect the debtor's nonexempt property, and pay the expenses of the estate and the claims of creditors. In addition, the trustee has certain administrative duties in a chapter 7 case and is the officer in charge of seeing to it that the debtor performs the required duties in the case. A trustee is appointed in a chapter 7 case, even if the debtor has no nonexempt property.

A discharge will be denied in a later chapter 7 case if the debtor has been granted a discharge under chapter 7 or chapter 11 in a case filed within six years before the second petition is filed.

This is often called a "straight" bankruptcy. Debtors usually receive their discharge soon after they file and they are allowed to keep any money they earn after they file. In Chapter 7, debtors are required to give up "non-exempt" property and laws in New Hampshire and Massachusetts have different requirements. Some debts will be dischargeable while others will not.

After I received a discharge in Chapter 7, I discovered 3 creditors that I had know idea existed. These items did occur before I filed chapter 7. But, according to your website, if I did not add the creditor to my bankruptcy it's "tuff luck, you have to pay those debts." That doesn't seem fair. I never knew that the creditors existed.

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