The goal you have set is to negotiate mutually agreeable resolutions between you and your creditor (s) for payment
of certain unsecured debt (s) described as Enrolled Debts.
Bail - in simply refers to a partial conversion
of certain unsecured debt into equity under specific conditions.
When you enroll into a debt settlement program, the goal you have set is to negotiate mutually agreeable settlements between you and your creditor (s) for payment
of certain unsecured debt (s) described as Enrolled Debts.
Not exact matches
Debt Management Plan: A credit counselor negotiates interest rates with creditors to make an individually tailored plan to reduce the borrower's
unsecured debts over a
certain period
of time.
A: The chapter
of the bankruptcy code that provides for what is known as «liquidation» or «clean slate», Chapter 7, lets you discharge (wipe - out) most
unsecured debts, such as credit card balances, medical bills, and even
certain taxes.
The type
of services covered under the new rules are companies that promise to 1) work with a creditor to settle the
debt for a lesser amount than is owed, (
debt settlement companies) 2) work with all
of a consumer's
unsecured creditors to promulgate a
debt management plan to vary the terms
of all such
debts, under a
debt management plan (
debt management companies) and 3) negotiate with a creditor to lower the interest rate
of the outstanding
debt and / or waiver
of certain debt fees, such as late fees or over the limit fees (
debt negotiation companies).
Both Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy may allow you to modify secured
debt contracts, discharge
certain unsecured debts that can not be repaid over the term
of the bankruptcy repayment plan, and to keep
certain property needed to operate your business.
Also,
certain kinds
of unsecured debts may not be erased, including alimony or child support and court fines and penalties.
To pass the means test, you must have less than a
certain amount
of disposable monthly income to service
unsecured debt.
Neither do
certain types
of unsecured debt such as student loans.
However,
certain kinds
of loans, both secured and
unsecured, are considered «good
debt» if they help you generate income and increases your net worth.
Applying the common - law «interest stops rule» normally applied in Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act proceedings, Justice Newbould ruled that post-filing interest was not payable on the Crossover Bonds.5 Justice Newbould began his reasons with reference to the «fundamental tenet
of insolvency law that all
debts shall be pari passu and all
unsecured creditors [shall] receive equal treatment».6 Justice Newbould found that the status quo with respect to
unsecured creditors should be maintained as at the date
of Nortel's filing and that to permit
certain claims to grow disproportionately to others during the CCAA stay period would violate the status quo.