FREE DOWNLOAD: Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide Excerpt: Interviewing the Debtor and Investigating the Facts
This is a portion of the “Interviewing the Debtor and Investigating the Facts” chapter from the Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide. This chapter provides tips on interviewing the debtor to insure the acquisition of complete information. The chapter highlights the types of information that are frequently overlooked in the handling of bankruptcy cases and provides useful sources for seeking information. 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.