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A fascinating article in U.S. News & World Report called "The New Parent Trap", bears out some of the parent/adult children situations I’ve been dealing with in my Indiana bankruptcy law offices. The article quotes Stephanie Coontz, director of research Read More

"When providing first aid care, it is always important to know when not to do something," says outdoor emergency care instructor Steven Shotz. The Hippocratic Oath includes a warning to doctors: "Above all, do no harm". When we see someone Read More

Wherever there are stimulus plans, it seems, there are acronyms, and the proposed new bankruptcy law on mortgage modifications is no different. In referring to the Helping Families Save Their Homes In Bankruptcy Act of 2009, which has passed the Read More

As I’ve said once before, it makes me very sad when someone is dropped off at one of my Indiana bankruptcy law offices in a state of depression over their car. The bus doesn’t go anywhere near their job, I Read More

At least once every two weeks, in my Indiana bankruptcy blogs, I try to include a report on employment in our state of Indiana. That’s because developments in the central Indiana job markets relate in a very real way to Read More

Medical debt is the reason for more than half of all the million and a half bankruptcies today, according to CreditCards.com. This is nothing new – a 2005 report in Health Affairs reported that, from 1981 to 2005, medically-related bankruptcies Read More

For almost a year now, I’ve been closely following all the proposals for helping homeowners avoid foreclosure. It looks as if help is about to arrive. A proposed bankruptcy law, H.R 1106, also called the Helping Families Save Their Homes Read More

In many of my earlier blogs, I spoke about not allowing embarrassment or scruples to stop you from using bankruptcy to restore yourself to financial health. Believe me, I can appreciate how difficult a decision it is to face up Read More

When you file bankruptcy, you’re asking the court to discharge debt, or to arrange a manageable payment plan for you stretched over a period of time. Some of your creditors, on the other hand, would like to prove you’ve committed Read More

Bill Stanley, officer in the Scientech Club, passed along an interesting email he’d sent out to club members, testing their general knowledge of astronomy. The message asked readers to pinpoint what the following statements have in common: 1. The North Read More

With job loss being one of the three top causes of bankruptcy, I’m getting a lot of questions from my Indiana bankruptcy clients about getting hired for a new job with a bankruptcy on their record. I’ve been practicing bankruptcy Read More

As a bankruptcy lawyer in Indiana for the past quarter century, I continue to help clients with their financial problems and especially with filing bankruptcy. All too often (and this is even more prevalent in the past year or two), Read More