by Walter Metzen | Nov 8, 2019 | Detroit Bankruptcy Blog, Detroit Bankruptcy Lawyer, Michigan Bankruptcy Attorney, Uncategorized
A Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding differs from a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in that, instead of discharging your (dischargeble) debt entirely, the process requires that you pay something back to your creditors, depending upon your monthly average income after necessary...
by Walter Metzen | Sep 19, 2018 | Detroit Bankruptcy Blog, Uncategorized
Co-authored by Chad Mizelle.There is a disturbing trend we have noticed happening in metro Detroit and probably nationwide in the past few years. We get a call from an upset person who says that a collection agency representing a payday loan company just called them...
by Walter Metzen | Dec 18, 2017 | Detroit Bankruptcy Blog, filing bankruptcy in Michigan, Uncategorized
When I was in law school, my legal writing professor was a strong proponent of getting away from archaic legal terminology or “lawyerisms” and instead using simple words that the general population, namely our non-lawyer clients, can understand. Unfortunately,...
