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Ask Us: What Happens to My Property After Filing for Bankruptcy?
In general, if you have a property that is bound for foreclosure, filing for bankruptcy can stop it and give you time to pay for it. But whether you will be able to keep your property depends on different factors such as the current value of your property and your equity in the property, among others.
a. Your present income and expenses
b. The types of debts you have
c. Loss of property
d. The reason behind your declaring of bankruptcy
Many immigration cases do not reach the immigration court, most are resolved within the agency of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (or USCIS), making expert representation indispensable in the process.
To determine your compensation, the court will weigh your compensable losses as in, your current and potential wage loss, medical expenses, and suffering.
A 'joint custody' refers to the court's decision to award a child's custody to both parents. This comes in three forms:
a. Both joint legal and joint physical custody.
b. Joint physical custody where a child can spend time with both parents individually.
c. Joint legal custody where parents share the decision-making duties with regards to the medical and educational decisions as well as other pertinent topics that have something to do with the well-being of the child.
This is because the court orders the financial support until the recipient spouse becomes self-supporting, essentially 'rehabilitating' him/her.
Unlike what seems to be the commonsensical way to think about child support and visitation rights, they are completely separate issues. You don't get to earn visitation rights by paying for child support and vice versa.
Most familiarly known as 'alimony,’ this financial assistance serves two purposes—as a way to recognize a partner's contribution to the marriage and to help the partner receiving the assistance achieve financial independence.
An immigration lawyer can make your immigration process so much easier. Here are specific reasons why:
a. An immigration lawyer means fewer mistakes on your application process.
b. An immigration lawyer can maneuver all the documents you will need during and after the immigration process.
c. An immigration lawyer can lay down the options whatever your situation is.
d. An immigration lawyer can help make sure you don't endanger your status by helping you understand the special laws that are required of a new resident.
You can represent yourself in the Internal Revenue System, but usually, lawyers, CPAs, and enrolled agents do due to their background.
The majority of courts use the 'best interests of the child' as the standard in deciding custody issues.
This means that a spouse can't allege that the other spouse to have done an act unbecoming to have been the cause of the divorce.
Firstly, the sooner you file, the better your prospects will be. This is because while unfiled tax returns are common tax problems, repeated behavior can cause the IRS to construe your behavior to be that of a criminal.
The even better news is you can negotiate with the IRS if you owe them money. Here are your options:
a. Offer in compromise or negotiate with the IRS to agree to pay off your debt
b. Set up an installment agreement payable monthly
This refers to a qualification that proves you are eligible to file for bankruptcy. It's called a 'means test' because your income must be less than the median income in the state to qualify your eligibility.
In California, a minor can consent to medical treatment if she/he is at least 15 years of age, managing his/her finances, and is living alone.
At the Law Office of Oliver Olumba, we believe that everyone, regardless of social status, race, and sexual orientation, among others must have access to equal representation when they need it. Thus, we offer our legal services at competitive prices.
Is through summary dissolutions. This pertains to the uncontested no-fault divorce utilized for short and uncomplicated marriages.
However, for this type of divorce to be granted, the marriage must:
Be shorter than 5 years
Have had no children
Have less than $40,000 worth of joint property
Agree that neither will receive spousal support
No more than $6000 in shared debt
No more than $40,000 in separate property
If you’re due for a tax audit, the IRS has only 3 years from when you filed your tax return to complete the audit, except for when incidences of tax fraud and severe income underreporting, among others are reported.
With legal counsel, you can have the assurance of a dedicated professional working with the legal remedy you seek such as offers in compromise, installment agreements, and audit representation, among others.
Your claim's statute of limitations depends on your state's statute limitation laws and the specifics of your claim. For California, depending on the type of procedure, your claim can range from 1 to 10 years.
Filing for bankruptcy can feel like your only option, especially faced with the harassment from creditors and the overall hopelessness of the situation. Fortunately, you have other viable options especially if your main concern is not the bankruptcy itself. For instance, if you want to stop the harassment from creditors, you can refer to federal and state debt collection laws for protection. On the other hand, if you have some income or assets you can still, you can establish negotiation with your creditor instead, or hire a credit counseling agency to do so.
A no-fault divorce is one where the court doesn't need to consider who was at fault before granting a divorce. There is no need to show cause; all that's required is for one spouse to cite irreconcilable differences.
Leaving your children with your spouse and moving out can hurt your chances of getting physical custody for them. This is due to the implications it sends the court—that of the other parent being the more suitable choice for custody.
The US government has advanced new rules to add to the types of criminal convictions and activities that can bar an applicant from being granted asylum. Read more here public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2020-23159.pdf
Since a no-fault divorce is the type of divorce that doesn't need to show cause to be granted by the court, thus the 'no-fault,' in 'no-fault divorce,' you only need to file
