Practical Bankruptcy: Filing without Your Spouse if Most of Debt Is in Your Name
Be very cautious about filing without your spouse if the main reason for doing so is that you believe only you are liable on the debts.
Be very cautious about filing without your spouse if the main reason for doing so is that you believe only you are liable on the debts.
Although you can file a “joint case together with your spouse, you are not required to do so. And sometimes definitely shouldn’t.
If you filed two bankruptcy cases in the last year that got dismissed, you need to ask the court to now get the protection of the “stay.”
Either be prepared to justify why you should be allowed to file a second bankruptcy case within a year, or maybe instead wait out the year.