Interested in Recent Legal News? Here Are Some Local and National Headlines.
Sometimes reading about legal issues happening in Virginia and across the nation can bring some clarity and understanding to your own situation with bankruptcy or family law.
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One third of Americans have deliquient debt in collections In Virginia, more than 40% of individuals with a credit report have debts in collections -
Repossesion of a car is becoming much easier with electronics. If you fall behind on your car payments, your finance company has many new tools to help them locate your car and repossess it. -
Firms being sued over false loan modifications practices. The federal government and some states are suing law firms that offered loan modification services but did little to assist the individuals that retained them. -
Wage Garnishments for Student Loans is Increasing More people are seeing their wages being garnished for student loan debt as the government tries to collect on delinquent student loans. -
Federal Government can seize tax refunds for decades old debts. Individuals have had their tax refunds seized to pay decades old debts under a recent change that removed the time limit for collecting on debts owed to the Federal Government. -
Credit Card Delinquency Projected to Increase More Americans may fall behind on their credit card bills in the coming months. -
Bankruptcy Fraud can mean serious jail time. Lying in your bankruptcy paperwork can have serious consequences as one man in Virginia has discovered. -
Petition Preparer sentenced to jail A bankruptcy petition preparer has been sentenced to jail for violating court orders to stop "assisting" individuals in filing bankruptcies. -
Newest Form of Pay Day Loan Abuse It sounds so easy to just borrow a couple of hundred dollars to tide you over but you can end up paying many times more than what you borrow. -
Custody Battles Can Turn Ugly When a custody battle is played out in the media, the effects can be long reaching. Celebraties face the same battles as others in custody disputes -
Another Debt Settlement Company has been sued for decpetive practices. A debt relief company operating out of Nevada has been sued by several state attorney generals for deceptive practices. -
Custody Cases can take time but it is easy to get frustrated. When a custody case seems to drag on for months or even years, it is easy to get frustrated. Read what one mom did when she got tired of waiting for a decision. -
Airline Security Check can give information to debt collectors. Flying within the United States can now allow debt collectors to access your personal information. -
Even Golf Courses can be effected by the economy and file bankruptcy. Many people would view golf as a luxury that would not be effected by the economy but even a golf course can fall victim to hard times and file bankruptcy. -
Debt Collectors Threatening Arrest if individual does not pay up. The latest debt collection scam is a phone call, fax or email threatening to have the individual arrested if they do no make an immediate payment. -
Tips for dealing with co-signed debts This article provides some good tips on dealing with co-signed debt where someone else was supposed to be making the payments. -
Department of Defense reduces the number of furlough days DOD employees will only have 6 unpaid days off instead of the projected 11 days. -
Social Security Income Excluded from calculation of income in a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Fourth Circuit rules that social security income can be used for plan payments but cannot be required to be used to fund a Chapter 13 plan. -
What to do if you are broke! Good tips on dealing with debt. -
New Bankruptcy Judge Appointed for Richmond District Keith Phillips has been appointed as the newest Bankruptcy Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. He will serve in the Richmond division.