In Illinois, a garnishment is generally fifteen percent of your gross pay, but there are some limitations to this which apply to low wage earners. For example, if you make the minimum wage in Chicago of $12 per hour, then you might be entitled to thirty times that amount per week, or $360. If you […]
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Even one speeding citation, red light ticket or tollway violation can be a hardship when you have other bills and expenses. The amount doubles if you don’t pay the fine in a certain time. Before you know it, multiple tickets and fines on top of fines can add up to thousands of dollars. Then it
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Tickets VideoThe city of Chicago is aggressively looking for infractions on parking meters and red light cameras. When people cannot pay immediately, these fees and fines are doubled. People then cannot possibly catch up. Parking tickets and red light tickets are not dischargeable in a chapter 7 bankruptcy but are dischargeable in chapter 13. We frequently do chapter
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Arrests Tickets VideoWhen you can’t pay your mortgage on time, you start to panic. How much time do I have to get caught up? What happens when a foreclosure is filed? How soon can they sell my house, and what can I do to stop them? What follows is a description of the process of foreclosure and
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Foreclosure VideoIf you have unpaid property taxes, you may be at risk of losing your home — even if your mortgage is paid off. Chapter 13 bankruptcy may be the solution to saving your house and curing your debt problems. The Chicago bankruptcy attorneys of Robert J. Adams & Associates can help you get into a
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Real Estate Tax VideoA chapter 7 bankruptcy is a filing with the U.S. bankruptcy court to obtain a discharge of listed debts. In other words, at the end of the bankruptcy, the debts listed you will not be owed money anymore. It’s oversimplification because there are debts that are not discharged and there are debts you wish to
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Bankruptcy Chapter 7 VideoLAST RESORT Banks, credit card companies, and finance companies insist that Bankruptcy is the last resource. Why? From their point of view it makes sense: they will be able squeeze the last few dollars from people and small business with severe financial problems. When the Bankruptcy law was changed in 2005 banks said by people
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Bankruptcy VideoHome ownership is one of the great American dreams. Very little compares to the pride of home ownership. It gives one the status of being in the middle class. One that has provided security and comfort for the homeowner’s family and self. For most of us to buy a home or other real estate requires
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Homeowner VideoCorporations (including Not-For-Profit Corporations), Partnerships, and Individuals who exceed the debts limits for a Chapter 13 are candidates for a Chapter 11. The definition of a Small Business in a Chapter 11 is one where the debts don’t exceed about $2.5 million (currently $2,566,050). The debt limit excludes amounts owed to persons considered “insiders” such
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Chapter 11 Small Business VideoIn Illinois, a home owner has 30 days after he or she has a notice of intent to foreclose notice by mail before a foreclosure suit can be filed. WILL MY FINANCIAL REPUTATION BE RUINED IF I GO INTO FORECLOSURE? Foreclosure filings are listed on one’s credit report. It does lower the score. CAN I
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