Oct 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Are your spouse’s spending habits your problem? The personal advice column in the Wisconsin State Journal recently had a question from a husband whose wife seemed to be a spendaholic. She buys lots of stuff online, using various credit cards. The husband’s...
Oct 5, 2020 | Bankruptcy, Uncategorized
They are unintentional mishaps, usually occurring because of negligence. Negligence claims, such as personal injury suits, can be won if the injured party can prove that the driver who cause the accident, called the tortfeasor, had a duty and breached that duty, which...
Oct 1, 2020 | Bankruptcy, Uncategorized
This past weekend, I went with my family, including my granddaughters, to a Wisconsin apple farm. The farm sold apples and pumpkins, raspberries and honey, donuts and cider and lots more. This farm had transitioned away from growing corn and beans to having become a...
Sep 30, 2020 | Bankruptcy, Uncategorized
Photo by Marina Utrabo from Pexels “I thought you had to wait six years between Chapter 7 filings.” “What’s credit counseling? I didn’t have to take that the last time I filed.” “What is the means test?” In the last 15 years, we’ve heard these questions and more, and...
Sep 29, 2020 | Bankruptcy, Uncategorized
Photo by Vera Arsic from Pexels An attorney friend called me to ask about a single spouse bankruptcy filing. A single spouse filing is a case in which only one spouse files while the other does not. The couple owned a home and had significant equity in that...