[vc_custom_heading text=”If you are considering your options to file Bankruptcy, you will want to be sure to avoid these common mistakes:”][vc_empty_space]
- Filing for bankruptcy at the end of the year when you might lose your tax refund
- Paying back your friend or relative in the 12 months before you file bankruptcy
- Paying off your car loan before you file bankruptcy
- Running up your charge cards before you file bankruptcy
- Coming to the meeting of creditors without your driver’s license and original social security card
- Paying off a credit card bill in full just before filing thinking that the company would then let you keep your credit card
- Not filing your annual tax returns on time (unless you did not otherwise need to)
- Lying on your bankruptcy schedules which you swore were true
- Having your name added to a relative’s bank account “just in case”…
- Hiring an inexperienced bankruptcy lawyer who is not Board Certified