On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Earlier this year, Borders Group Inc, announced that the company was filing for bankruptcy protection. The second-largest U.S. bookstore chain commented that the company...
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BANKRUPTCY COURT REPORTS DROP IN SOUTH FLORIDA FILINGS
On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Following a trend we reported regarding bankruptcy filings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida last month, the number of individuals in the...
T-BOZ FILES FOR CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY TWICE THIS YEAR
On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Last month we wrote about singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins filing for bankruptcy. As it turns out, the Chapter 13 filing by the former member of popular R&B group...
FLORIDA FAMILY FACING FORECLOSURE RECEIVES HELPING HAND
On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Friday, December 23, 2011. Historically, a major reason for filing for bankruptcy has been insurmountable medical bills. While the past few years the economy has caused many...
CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY FILING BY ‘T-BOZ’ DISMISSED
On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Thursday, February 23, 2012. In previous posts we wrote about the former member of R& B group TLC, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins filing for bankruptcy. In February 2011, the singer filed...
FOLLOW BANKRUPTCY COUNSELING RULES BEFORE COURT APPEARANCES
On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Friday, May 4, 2012. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (2005), the first major bankruptcy law reform in two decades, requires all filers to have...
AVOIDING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AFTER DECLARING BANKRUPTCY
On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Friday, May 18, 2012. Miami residents facing bankruptcy can be forgiven if they're worried that their financial health will never be strong again. However, as a recent story by the San...
SURVEY REVEALS MEDICAL BILLS AND CREDIT CARD DEBT GO HAND-IN-HAND
On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Historically, medical bills and credit card debt have been a catalyst for individuals throughout the Miami area to file for bankruptcy. Though the past few years, job...
EMERGENCY SAVINGS COULD PREVENT BANKRUPTCIES
On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. No one wants to think about the possibility of losing one's livelihood. Many residents of the Miami area are included in this group. Nonetheless,...
MEDICAL DEBT CAN INFLUENCE CREDIT SCORES
On behalf of Law Offices of Patrick L. Cordero, PA posted in Chapter 13 on Friday, July 6, 2012. Many people believe that medical debt has no effect on their credit score. Although appearing not very different from other types of unsecured debt, medical debts seldom...