The total amount repaid to creditors is determined by the length of
time the bankruptcy repayment period lasts and the amount paid to the creditor each month.
Not exact matches
Once you've found that other
repayment options are not possible you may want to file
bankruptcy and decide when the right
time to file
bankruptcy is.
Judge Pappas noted that Brunner was decided in 1987, at a
time when the
bankruptcy code allowed discharge of student loan debts on either of two grounds: first, if the student loans had been in
repayment status for five years or more on the date the
bankruptcy was filed, or second, if
repayment of the student loans would constitute an undue hardship on the debtor.
The
time period drops to seven years from the date you file for Chapter 13
bankruptcy because of the
repayment plan you negotiated.
A chapter 13 case is when a debtor declares
bankruptcy in order to create a
repayment plan to settle all their existing debts within a specific
time frame.
Another reason that a lot of people have a difficult
time with
bankruptcy is when it comes to creating a
repayment plan that works for their limited money.
For Chapter 13
bankruptcies (a less common option that requires the consumer to adhere to a
repayment plan), a minimum timeline before applying for an FHA home loan is one year of on -
time payments to the trustee of the
repayment plan.
If a client is in default on their mortgage loan at the
time the
bankruptcy case is filed, the chapter 13 plan can provide for a
repayment (it's called a «cure») of the back house payments.
• Loans in
bankruptcy should be classified Loss and charged off within 60 days of receipt of notification of filing from the
bankruptcy court or within the
time frames specified in this classification policy, whichever is shorter, unless the institution can clearly demonstrate and document that
repayment is likely to occur.
These are the types of debts you should stop making payments toward if you plan to file in a short period of
time, because they will likely be discharged in your Chapter 7
bankruptcy or rolled into your
repayment plan in a Chapter 13.
By filing for
bankruptcy, they get
time for
repayment, and some leniency in the total amount to be paid.