341 Hearing – What Is It?:
Basics on Surrendering a Car:
Car Repossession Timeline and Surrendering Timeline:
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Basics:
Chapter 13 – Keeping Cars:
Chapter 13 – Keeping Homes:
Chapter 13 – Taxes Dischargability/ Dealing with Taxes:
Chapter 7 & Chapter 13 Differences:
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Basics:
Chapter 7 – Taxes Dischargability:
Child Support – Treatment in Chapter 7 and Treatment in Chapter 13:
Confirmation Hearing:
Consultations - The Basics:
Credit Reports:
Creditor Harassment and Resources:
Do I Need an Attorney?:
Exemption Limits:
Foreclosure Timeline:
Garnishments – How They Work:
How does Bankruptcy & Debt Consolidation Differ?:
How Long Until Court?:
How Long until I can File
Keeping Cars – Chapter 7:
Keeping Homes – Chapter 7:
Preparing for Consultations:
Reaffirmation Agreement Basics:
Redemption:
Should I File a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13?:
Student Loans:
The Basics for Surrendering a Home:
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Timeline for a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy:
Timeline for a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy:
What are Priority Debts? :
What are Un-secured Debts?:
What can be done about Creditor Harassment?:
What can be done with an ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage)?:
What Debts Cannot be Discharged by Bankruptcy?:
What Happens to Garnishments? :
What Happens to Judgments?:
What is a Discharge:
What is a Trustee
What Property Can I Keep?:
Where do Bankruptcy Hearings Take Place:
“Automatic Stay” Order:

What Property Can I Keep?

Every state has exemption limits. Exemption limits let you know how much of your property, by category, you can keep through your bankruptcy. Most clients do not lose any property or money in their bankruptcy. For a listing of exemptions, see the Exemptions section of this web page. If you have property that is not exempt, thus capable of being seized, then you can always file a Chapter 13 instead of a Chapter 7 and workthe properties equity through the plan and thus retain it, or pay the amount of nonexempt equity back into a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy estate (buy the property back out of the estate) and thus retain it.