Joint vs individual bankruptcy
February 18th, 2009 by Questions
My husband and I are days away from filing for bankruptcy. Because I had more access to available credit, I used cheques made available by my creditors to satisfy monthly minimum payments on both of our credit cards/lines of credit etc. Consequently my debt is approximately 45% higher than my husband`s and I`ve been advised that we should go bankrupt separately. I question this? Why would we do this?
Posted from: Ontario
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February 19, 2009 at 10:08 am, Barton Goth - Goth & Company Inc. -Trustee in Bankruptcy said:
You would have to discuss this with the trustee you spoke with. It may be that you don’t qualify for a joint bankruptcy as your debts are not substantially similar. Although, there may another reason the trustee insisted on this.