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Russ B. Cope

Russ B. Cope
Dayton, Lawyer

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Whether you’re not sure how best to deal with mounting personal debt, don’t understand your state’s laws or are facing some other money problem, a bankruptcy lawyer can likely point you in the right direction.

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Most Recent Questions

Did Citibank violate bankruptcy laws when they failed to release liens after my discharge?

Asked by an NBF reader in: Texas, on May 21, 2013

I went Chapter 7 in 2005 and had discharged two Citibank Debts that had received judgements on my home owned by my ex wife and I before my divorce and bankruptcy. The liens remain even though the debts have been discharged. Citibank not only did not provide release of liens, they actually sold the debt [...]

Are there advantages to the husband filing bankruptcy without his wife? Will it affect real estate?

Asked by an NBF reader in: Illinois, on May 21, 2013

Couple of questions: the husband has large credit card debt, but the wife is not on any of them. We have a house in joint and how would that work out if the husband filed for bankruptcy and not the wife.   We also own property in Arizona but live in Illinois, what would the [...]

Can a lawyer charge extra at the end of chapter 13 bankruptcy?

Asked by an NBF reader in: California, on May 21, 2013

If attorney fees and expenses allowed through the plan have been established, can the lawyer turn around and try to charge extra at end of the chapter 13?

Can I take out a car loan after filing for chapter 7 bankruptcy?

Asked by an NBF reader in: Florida, on May 18, 2013

Is it OK to take out a car loan after filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy and after having the meeting of creditors?

I am on the title to my parents home, what would happen to the property in chapter 7?

Asked by an NBF reader in: Florida, on May 18, 2013

Hi, have a homesteaded property however I am on TITLE only (alone) on the home my parents live in, the note is in my Dads name. I suspect there may be about aprox 95 K in equity in the home. How would this affect my position in filing a chapter 7?

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