Behm Law Group provides bankruptcy advice for Mankato, MN residents.
The bankruptcy attorneys at Behm Law Group, Ltd., believe everyone deserves a second chance. You want your self-esteem and dignity back. You want to be a contributing member and a better citizen in society. You dream of financial solvency.
Make that dream become your new reality, for a second time. First, let’s consider your bankruptcy dilemma. You, like everyone else, need shelter. A home mortgage, however, can be quite pricey.
Let’s say you are delinquent with your mortgage by $10,000.00. You filed for bankruptcy. At this time, things have changed. While you now have an income, the mortgage is still delinquent. Under 11 U.S.C. Sec. 1322 and 1325 of the Bankruptcy Code, in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you can “cure” or pay back the delinquency over a period of 60 months. How? You would be submitting your monthly payments to the Chapter 13 trustee for those 60 months. The trustee would in turn ensure the payments were received by the mortgage lender in question. One stipulation is that you must remain current in your mortgage payments during your Chapter 13 plan.
Sixty months may seem like a long time, but the bankruptcy attorneys at Behm Law Group, Ltd., know that time will pass quickly. Just having a plan can be a big dream booster for that opportunity of a second chance. It won’t be long until making payments will become a habit for you. Pretty soon you’ll be out of Chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Your strengthened self-esteem will be waiting for you. You will have relinquished those bouts of not knowing what to do. You will have acquired some financial discipline. After those 60 months, prepare for the worst, but hope for the best. If feasible, maybe you could continue those “mortgage payments.” Instead of giving them to a trustee, why not put them in a savings account as a payment to yourself. You will accumulate a buffer to hedge against future financial disasters.
We know you can’t predict the future. You can only plan the best that you can. Should you find yourself in financial difficulty, give us a call. Like we stated, everyone deserves another chance.
