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1. Eliminate the legal obligation to pay many of your debts..This process of wiping the slate clean is called a discharge ofdebts. The goal of a discharge is to reduce debt to give you afresh start. Whether it is through straight bankruptcy (Chapter7 Bankruptcy) or through reorganization (Chapter 13 Bankruptcy),most or all of your debts can be cleared.

2. Stop on you house and allow you to effectivelymake payments to catch up on missed payments of your mortgage.If your home is in foreclosure, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy will stopthe any time prior to the sale. Bankruptcy does noteliminate mortgages on your property without payment. Rather,bankruptcy will structure a plan in order to repay your mortgagearrears (the amount that you are behind). < document.write(" foreclosure"); on your house">stop foreclosure>

3. Prevent your car or other property from being repossessed.

Even if the creditor has repossessed your car, filing bankruptcycan effectively force them to return your car or other personalproperty (if the bankruptcy is filed quickly enough). The pastpayments you have missed will be consolidated into your Chapter13 Bankruptcy plan. After this you will no longer pay thefinance company, rather you will make monthly payments to thetrustee of your Chapter 13 Bankruptcy who will then pay thefinance company.

4. Reduce or even eliminate high medical bills.

Studies show that loss of work is one of the most common reasonspeople file for bankruptcy. This is very easy to see. A familycan get comfortable on two maybe even one salary. They can takeon regular amount of debts, join clubs, and pay normal billswith relative ease. All of a sudden one or both spouses lose ajob and a family must go from two salaries to one. Losing a jobis closely tied to high medical bills. Losing a job means thisfamily may be left without the protection of insurance that wasonce provided by their employer. Often times these two factorscombined create an almost impossible mountain to climb withoutthe help of bankruptcy.

6. Stop harassing behavior from creditors.

Some creditors do not always take the right course of actionwhen attempting to collect a debt. Often, creditors willpersistently call the home of a particular debtor with demeaningand abusive behavior. Not only is this unethical it can rise tothe level of unlawful. In essence, bankruptcy will put on holdthe demands of many creditors and stop the harassing phone callsand other inappropriate behavior all together.

7. Restore or prevent your utilities from being shut off.

As you have probably seen many of these reasons overlap. Somelead to another. If your home is in risk of thenyour utility bill may also be in risk of being terminated.Filing bankruptcy can prevent the utility company from leavingyou in the dark.

8. Provide help for large amounts of student loan debt. <student loans>

While it is true that your student loans will not be eliminatedlike several other types of unsecured debt, bankruptcy canconsolidate your student loan debt. This consolidation willallow a debtor to make monthly payments through Chapter 13Bankruptcy that are within the financial ability of the debtor.

9. End wage garnishments.

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy will stop wage garnishment. Wagegarnishment basically takes away your weekly earnings oftentimes leaving you without necessities. Chapter 7 Bankruptcyallows you to purchase necessities for you and your family.Chapter 13 Bankruptcy will also help in this regard.

10. Challenge certain claims of fraudulent creditors.

Bankruptcy will allow you to challenge these claims fromcreditors who are trying to collect more money from you than youreally owe. An attorney can provide the support and the backingyou will need to step up to these creditors. Attorneys ofteneven the playing field between a big creditor and a singledebtor. Filing bankruptcy with an attorney can stop fraudulentreporting by a creditor.