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The Financial Guru Series – Part 2: Should I File Bankruptcy?
Should I File Bankruptcy? Should I file Bankruptcy? As a bankruptcy lawyer, I would love to tell you, "Yes, by all means, you should file bankruptcy." But that would be incorrect advice for most people. Bankruptcy really should be a last resort. There are many things...
The Financial Guru Series – Part 1: Should I Listen to “Financial Gurus”?
A Bankruptcy Lawyer Answers the Question: "Should I Listen to Financial Gurus?" Listening to certain financial Gurus has inspired me to write a six-part blog series dealing with issues that they sometimes touch upon. Each month, over the next six months, I will post a...
Will Filing a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Stop a Foreclosure on Property I Inherited, but the Mortgage Is Still in the Deceased’s Name?
Sometimes a person will inherit a property where the mortgage payments are behind, and the property is being foreclosed on. In many cases, the new owner will just catch up the mortgage payments or pay off the balance to avoid foreclosure. Sometimes the new owner will...
Virginia Abolishes the Death Penalty
For all recorded human history societies have employed the death penalty to seek justice and punish the wicked. More than two millennia ago Plato and Aristotle wrote about capital punishment. In the mid to late 1800s a few U.S. States began to limit or abolish the...
Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts
A non-compete clause, or covenant not to compete, in an employment contract is used to prevent an employee from leaving and going to work for the employer’s competition. Employers argue that these non-compete clauses are necessary to protect their trade secrets,...
Virginia Tax Debt Relief
Most tax debt is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Bankruptcy will not discharge taxes that are (1) secured by a lien, (2) came due within three years of the bankruptcy filing, (3) where a tax return was not filed, (4) when the return was filed within the two years...
The REAL I.D. Driver’s License
Virginians should obtain a REAL ID from their local DMV on or before October 1, 2021 if they wish to continue using their driver’s license for identification purposes to fly on a commercial airline, enter a military facility, enter a nuclear facility, or to enter a...
Driver Privilege Card for Undocumented Workers
Effective January 1, 2021, Virginia Code section 46.2-328.3 was amended, in part, to say: “Upon application of any person who does not meet the requirements for a driver’s license or permit under subsection A or B of 46.2-328.1, the Department may issue to the...
Gambling in Virginia
For centuries, certain religions have preached against the evils of gambling. They claim that gambling leads to addiction and the squandering of needed resources that would otherwise be used to take care of one’s family. They claim that gambling addiction...
Virginia Driver’s License Suspensions
Prior to July 1, 2019 if you failed to pay your Virginia court fines then your driver’s license was suspended. The purpose of this draconian law was to coerce people to pay their court fines by threatening their livelihood. Essentially, failure to pay court fines took...
Categories
The Financial Guru Series – Part 2: Should I File Bankruptcy?
Should I File Bankruptcy? Should I file Bankruptcy? As a bankruptcy lawyer, I would love to tell you, "Yes, by all means, you should file bankruptcy." But that would be incorrect advice for most people. Bankruptcy really should be a last resort. There are many things...
The Financial Guru Series – Part 1: Should I Listen to “Financial Gurus”?
A Bankruptcy Lawyer Answers the Question: "Should I Listen to Financial Gurus?" Listening to certain financial Gurus has inspired me to write a six-part blog series dealing with issues that they sometimes touch upon. Each month, over the next six months, I will post a...
Will Filing a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Stop a Foreclosure on Property I Inherited, but the Mortgage Is Still in the Deceased’s Name?
Sometimes a person will inherit a property where the mortgage payments are behind, and the property is being foreclosed on. In many cases, the new owner will just catch up the mortgage payments or pay off the balance to avoid foreclosure. Sometimes the new owner will...
Virginia Abolishes the Death Penalty
For all recorded human history societies have employed the death penalty to seek justice and punish the wicked. More than two millennia ago Plato and Aristotle wrote about capital punishment. In the mid to late 1800s a few U.S. States began to limit or abolish the...
Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contracts
A non-compete clause, or covenant not to compete, in an employment contract is used to prevent an employee from leaving and going to work for the employer’s competition. Employers argue that these non-compete clauses are necessary to protect their trade secrets,...
Virginia Tax Debt Relief
Most tax debt is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Bankruptcy will not discharge taxes that are (1) secured by a lien, (2) came due within three years of the bankruptcy filing, (3) where a tax return was not filed, (4) when the return was filed within the two years...
The REAL I.D. Driver’s License
Virginians should obtain a REAL ID from their local DMV on or before October 1, 2021 if they wish to continue using their driver’s license for identification purposes to fly on a commercial airline, enter a military facility, enter a nuclear facility, or to enter a...
Driver Privilege Card for Undocumented Workers
Effective January 1, 2021, Virginia Code section 46.2-328.3 was amended, in part, to say: “Upon application of any person who does not meet the requirements for a driver’s license or permit under subsection A or B of 46.2-328.1, the Department may issue to the...
Gambling in Virginia
For centuries, certain religions have preached against the evils of gambling. They claim that gambling leads to addiction and the squandering of needed resources that would otherwise be used to take care of one’s family. They claim that gambling addiction...
Virginia Driver’s License Suspensions
Prior to July 1, 2019 if you failed to pay your Virginia court fines then your driver’s license was suspended. The purpose of this draconian law was to coerce people to pay their court fines by threatening their livelihood. Essentially, failure to pay court fines took...