The Kinds of Debts Better Handled through Chapter 13
Simplistic but often true: Chapter 7 deals better with simpler debts, while Chapter 13 with more complicated debts. What ARE more complicated debts?
Attacking Your Debts with Chapter 7 vs. with Chapter 13
Chapter 7 deals with some debts better than does Chapter 13. But Chapter 13 deals with some other debts better than Chapter 7. So what kind of debts do you have?
The Trustee in Chapter 13
In Chapter 13 the trustee is a gate-keeper, overseer, and payment distributor. Quite different than in Chapter 7.
The Trustee in Chapter 7
In bankruptcy you hear a lot about “the trustee.” What does this person do, in a “straight” Chapter 7 case, and in an “adjustment of debts” Chapter 13 one?