Bankruptcy involves everything you owe and everything you own. No exceptions.
YOU DO NOT PICK AND CHOOSE.
Basically, all your assets are used to pay your all debts. Obviously, it is unfair, and not the intention of BK to let you keep the assets of value you want, and escape paying for the things you don't want to pay for. Nor can one debtor be treated preferentially to others.
After all things are listed, they are given different legal priorities. Somethings of each are excluded (like your personal furniture can't be taken, nor can child support be discharged). They must be listed to be given the proper handling by the court. Not doing so has severel very bad implications: First, you swear to the court that you are doing so and not doing is a criminal act, prosecuted as fraud. Anything not listed isn't protected...and the entire case can be dismissed.
The proceeds from assets that a secured debt are attached to, like a mortgage to a house or car loan to the car, are first entirely used to pay those specific debts. any excess still owed becomes an unsecured claim against all the other assets.
Never get a second mortgage --- only if you want to keep your house. 2nd mortgagees can foreclose on you
Your mortgage should have been included in your chapter 7 discharge. If it was- then you are no longer liable for the mortgage, but the lender can still foreclose on the property. If the mortgage was not included- then why wasnt it included.
Yes, a reaffirmed mortgage needs to reflect the mortgage payment history before, during and after the bankruptcy proceedings. "In Bankruptcy" needs to portray only DISCHARGED BY or INCLUDED IN...Bankruptcy. Contact your mortgage company so that all of your payment history shows on all three bureaus. No. Not if it were a part of the bankruptcy filing. It may or may not be marked included in bankruptcy or reaffirmed in bankrutpcy. It will still remain on the CR for the prescribed time.
Her mortgage liability will be discharged.
Was the 2nd lien included in and discharged in your bankruptcy? If not, then that lien still encumbers the title to the property and is probably a debt you still owe.
Here is the short answer.........No. No lender will allow this. Lenders want you to be out of Bankruptcy.This is what I do refinance people out of bankruptcy early or arrange refinancing so that my clients can avoid bankruptcy or forclosure altogether. that is what you must do in order to refi your mortgage regardless of the mortgage status with your bankruptcy plan
Yes.
No, both parties on a joint mortgage do not need to file bankruptcy. They can file a joint bankruptcy or a single bankruptcy.
A reaffirmed mortgage is one that was included in a bankruptcy but the homeowners get to keep the home instead of losing it back to the bank. The payments and length of loan may be adjusted.
Yes, bankruptcy protect you from foreclosure by your mortgage company. You can read more at www.hirby.com/mortgage-lender-filing-for-bankruptcy
Great question for your BK attorney
The reverse mortgage is typically unaffected by the bankruptcy as the mortgage is usually left out of the bankruptcy- that is a conversation you need to have with your attorney however. The bankruptcy court may look at the amount of equity you have in your home and determine what type of bankruptcy you qualify for. A reverse mortgage can even be used to pay off a bankruptcy or a mortgage in foreclosure as there are no credit requirements on them. I suggest talking to a bankruptcy attorney for information on what is available to you from the courts side of things.