This is part five in the six part series on “How to Prepare a Consumer Chapter 7 Bankruptcy without a Nebraska Bankruptcy Attorney”. We discussed the importance of properly completing the Bankruptcy Means Test in the first article in the series. In subsequent articles we discussed filling out the creditor, property, and income and expense […]
How to Complete the Statement of Financial Affairs in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Without a Nebraska Bankruptcy Attorney
How to Complete Your Income and Expense Schedules in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Without a Nebraska Bankruptcy Attorney
This is part four in the six-part series on “How to Prepare a Consumer Chapter 7 Bankruptcy without a Nebraska Bankruptcy Attorney”. The first article dealt with the Bankruptcy Means Test, one of the most difficult aspects of preparing to file bankruptcy, and the deciding factor on whether one can proceed with a Chapter 7 […]
Beware of Fake Bankruptcy Attorneys-the Paid Bankruptcy Petition Preparer
Beware of the Fake Bankruptcy Attorneys-The Paid Petition Preparer You have probably seen the signs on bus stop benches or random billboards advertising for an extremely cheap bankruptcy filing. These signs might be from the bankruptcy mills or $0 Money Down Bankruptcy outfits I’ve warned about before. Or they can be from what I call the […]
End of Year Bankruptcy Planning to Protect Tax Refund
November and December for bankruptcy attorneys is like tax time for accountants. As we head toward the end of the year, bankruptcy filings begin to increase. Why? One aspect of bankruptcy planning for Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases is making sure as much of a client’s tax refund is protected from the hands of the […]
Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Earning Capacity Use For Child Support Calculation
Caldwell Victorious In Nebraska Supreme Court Case In late September, I mentioned my argument before the Nebraska Supreme Court regarding an issue dealing with Nebraska Child Support. The Court held, in Freeman v. Groskopf, 286 Neb. 713 (2013), that using a parent’s earning capacity instead of actual wages is permissible in determining child support under […]




