Bankruptcy Law Toolkit

Here’s your bankruptcy bookshelf:  resources with bankruptcy information available online.

Bankruptcy Law

• Bankruptcy Code

• Bankruptcy Rules

• Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

• Federal Rules of Evidence

Filing bankruptcy

• Bankruptcy forms

• Filing without a lawyer

Where to file

• Websites of bankruptcy courts

• Courts

• Find your judicial district by county

• Court websites

• Pacer online court dockets

• Map of the federal courts of appeal circuits

Other law on debts and credit

• Fair Credit Reporting

• Fair Debt Collection Practice  the statute

Your California debt collection rights

Legal self help for California non bankruptcy but useful

Help for low and moderate income individuals

On the other hand

While it’s neat that information is freely available on line, it doesn’t mean that bankruptcy is a do-it-yourself project.

Use the web and this site to educate yourself about the options.

Then locate and interview an experienced and compatible bankruptcy lawyer for an assessment of your situation.

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Considering bankruptcy

Mistakes by the self represented

Where your case is filed

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