Filing | Reason & Kentucky law | What to do |
Mortgages and Deeds Becoming commonly taken in Kentucky filings. Taken if no timely filing of the mortgage. | If a mortgage is not filed at all the Trustee can take your home. | Check your mortgage filing before filing bankruptcy. Last year over 50 million dollars in Kentucky homes alone were seized by Bankruptcy Trustees because mortgage filings were improper and they were sold for about 75-80% of their value. |
Car titles Commonly taken if liens not recorded or if no timely filing | Like mortgages filings if no lien was recorded | Check car titles and when the lien filing was recorded after you bought it. More cars are taken than homes in bankruptcy. |
Bank Account
Not often taken | Shows payments transfers If you have too much in the bank when filing bankruptcy you lose it. | Keep a minimum until you get a bankruptcy filing notice.
However you now have large exemptions and taking accounts now are rare. |
Tax filings Refunds Very commonly taken. Also used to verify income to force people into filing a Chapter 13.
After 10-2005 you must furnish IRS transcripts not your records | Used to verify income. How much is your tax refund. The unearned income child credit part of your refund is a welfare benefit and not normally attachable but the remainder of your income tax refund is an asset merely held by the government. | Plan your tax refund and filings carefully. If you receive a large refund you may lose it. If you earn over
40,000 the US Trustee often objects to you filing a chapter 7 and may ask you to file a 13. Couples earning
40,000 may want to have just one spouse file. However you now have
large exemptions and taking accounts now are rare. |
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Paystubs Prior 6 months now required or statement from work. |
Test for income and whether or not you need to be in a Chapter 13 | |
