After Bankruptcy Articles - Archive: December 2007

I`m a Federal Gov`t employee and have filed for personal bankruptcy. My supplementary death benefit will go to my brother (I signed him as beneficiary 5 years ago). Can the trustee take that benefit which I`ve assigned to my brother?

I just filed for bankruptcy after trying for a proposal but one of the creditors denided it. I recently found out I may receive a couple of thousand dollars from my grandmother, who has since passed away,do I have to let my trustee know about this? Do I have to accept the inheritance or can [...]

I keep reading that getting small loans will help to rebuild your credit faster after bankruptcy, but how do you get those small loans? Who do you get them from? We have a secured credit card, but the banks won`t touch us. We are putting money in our kids` RESPs but do not have RRSPs [...]

When we filed for bankruptcy (in 2006), our tax return was obviously prepared on paper by the trustee (our 2006 return). We were told that the year following our bankruptcy (this year) we could not file our taxes electronically, we have to submit a paper return, and the year following that things will return to [...]

My husband and I got a secured credit card immediately after our bankruptcy was discharged (in the summer). Assuming we do all of the right things with this card, how long do you expect it might take to get a `real` credit card again?

I`m 4 months into my bankruptcy and I believe I was given the whole blurb about how things are kept confidential with the Trustee and all that stuff. But I`m wondering are a bankrupt`s creditors allowed to see his/her budget sheets, that way, they (the creditors) along with the trustee know where the bankrupt`s money [...]

I filed bankruptcy in 2002 I paid off the money went my house sold I thought I was done. Last week went to see about a mortgage on a house. Didn`t have the discharge papers , I called the Trustee and was told I was did not have a complete discharged due to suspended and [...]

Hi, last summer I received a letter from a lawyer representing a creditor claiming that I went bankrupt under fradulent circumstances and thus demanded repayment for the last month of the credit card usage. Besides the allegation being completely false, from checking with my trustee they felt it was nothing more than a scare tactic [...]

i owe 15.000 on my credit card i have no money i need help

Our bankruptcy has been discharged and I understand that our trustee will receive our GST cheques for this year. They have already told us that our account is in good standing, and we will be issued a cheque in the spring for the total amount they`ve received (good news!). What I wonder is, does the [...]