FREE DOWNLOAD: Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide Excerpt: Initial Steps in Administration of a Chapter 7 Case
This is a portion of the “Overview of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy” chapter from the Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide. This chapter provides a review of the basic steps involved in a chapter 7 case from commencement to closing of the case. Author and Collier Co-Editor-in-Chief Henry J. Sommer includes not only analysis but practical strategic guidance and warning tips so that an attorney will be able to successfully conduct a consumer bankruptcy proceeding.
The Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide is a transaction-based guide that assists an attorney through all the phases of a consumer bankruptcy case. From interviewing the client to filing an appeal, this transaction-based practice guide provides detailed discussions and step-by-step analysis of chapter 7 and chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy cases.
The Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide covers:
• methods and strategies for interviewing the debtor
• counseling the debtor about bankruptcy options
• choosing the type of bankruptcy offering the greatest advantage to the client
• agreements for and disclosure of attorney's fees
• preparing and filing the forms, statements and schedules used in a typical bankruptcy case
• enforcing the automatic and codebtor stay, as well as motions for relief from the stay
• claiming and objecting to exemptions
• preparing for the meeting of creditors
• litigation procedures in bankruptcy cases
For more information about the Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide including the table of contents, click here.