Recent Posts in Vehicles Category
Posted on Aug 31, 2016 By Southern California Law Advocates
My last blog post detailed two ways under California law that you can get your vehicle back AFTER it's been repossessed. One involves "reinstatement" of the loan—catching up on the ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2016 By Southern California Law Advocates
CAN I GET BACK MY VEHICLE UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW WITHOUT BANKRUPTCY? Possibly. Here's what happens after the repossession. Although there is no required prior notice of repossession, after the ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2016 By Southern California Law Advocates
DOES BANKRUPTCY STOP VEHICLE REPOSSESSION? Certainly. The "automatic stay" is the name of the federal law that stops virtually all collection actions by creditors against you. It also ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2016 By Southern California Law Advocates
CAN I WRITE OFF CLAIMS AGAINST ME FROM A VEHICLE ACCIDENT? When you think of debts to be written off through bankruptcy, you likely think of credit cards, medical bills, vehicle loans, and ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2015 By Southern California Law Advocates
A very recent Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") ruling gave debtors a little more leverage in how they pay their secured debts in a Chapter 13 "adjustment of debts" ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2014 By Southern California Law Advocates
A Chapter 13 bankruptcy allows you to pay less for your vehicle by cramming down the value of your vehicle to the fair market value. HOW DOES "CRAMDOWN" IN A CHAPTER 13 WORK? If you owe more ...
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Posted on May 24, 2014 By Southern California Law Advocates
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the 9th Circuit recently rejected the argument that deducting the $200 older vehicle expense was allowable. The BAP in In Re Leudtke founds that the IRS National and ...
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Posted on May 21, 2014 By Southern California Law Advocates
When you sign a reaffirmation agreement for a secured debt or any other debt, the matter will be set for hearing if your attorney did not sign the agreement. Many attorneys will not sign a ...
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Posted on May 19, 2014 By Southern California Law Advocates
WHAT'S A REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT? If you have loan on your vehicle and the lender is a lienholder on your vehicle's title, and you are thinking about filing bankruptcy, you need to know about ...
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Posted on Mar 6, 2014 By Southern California Law Advocates
Chapter 13 "adjustment of debts" is an incredibly good tool for dealing with many situations, often much better than Chapter 7 "straight bankruptcy." If you owe income or property ...
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Posted on Apr 14, 2013 By admin
Tools of the Trade Last month, an important court issued an opinion, applicable locally, that helps protect owners of vehicles who use thei r vehicle as a "tool of trade." This opinion provides a good ...
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