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      Creditor's lawyer is what? Lazy? Clueless?

      What is the name of your state? FL Suppose the last time you met with your lawyer six and a half weeks ago you provided names and addresses of all the relevant parties for the witness list and the discovery, etc. etc. Would it be odd, for the lawyer to then suggest --seven days before the...
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      Pushing the paperwork

      What is the name of your state? FL I understand that it's all about pushing the paperwork and getting through the pile and that your average bankruptcy lawyer doesn't know one of his cases from the next because they're mostly all pretty much the same. But suppose you're the creditor, not the...
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      Evicted to make way for a pal in Cal?

      What is the name of your state? CA My child called me frantic from California, having received an eviction notice prior to the expiration of her lease. It just cited "violated of lease terms," but didn't specify. Prop. owner hasn't been "available." Two nights ago she met a fella at a...
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      WOO-HOO! Debtor's atty quit!!

      What is the name of your state? FL Sorry, I know most folks on here are debtors, but I'm just a regular Joe Lunchbucket getting screwed over by a lying, thieving snake who is merely hiding in the BK system, and that snake's attorney JUST QUIT!! (Too much lying and thievin', I bet). So before...
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      Since I'm the only creditor fighting this thing...

      What is the name of your state? FL Since I am the only creditor fighting this totally BS Ch. 13, I am wondering what all the other creditors are doing while I am jumping through all the fiery hoops, especially since they are all fat corporations who could be paying their lawyers to debunk this...
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      Term. of parental rights

      What is the name of your state? FL Can someone direct me online to where I might dig up case law related to termination of parental rights in Florida? I am a bit out of my depth here, but a woman I know got a new client who is facing TPR at trial this week. I don't know much about Florida...
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      Changes prior to confirmation

      What is the name of your state? FL If the debtor has changes in income prior to confirmation in a Ch. 13, are they obligated to report those to the trustee or amend their filing or something? For all we know, this fool has doubled his income in the last year since filing, and there's still no...
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      What H*** is THIS thing?

      What is the name of your state? FL My motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay has been calendared and the order notifying me of the preliminary hearing says that within 10 days of the order (which was May 21, and I got it yesterday!) I have to file some kind of statement describing the...
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      stresssssed about hearing tomorrow

      What is the name of your state? FL I have got an awful lot of help from y'all over the months, and I think I'm pretty prepared for this hearing on sanctions against me tomorrow, much as I can be without counsel anyway, but I'm actually really fearful about it. As a practical matter, how...
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      Estoppel

      What is the name of your state? FL I'm trying to understand if some principle of estoppel applies here, but I'm not sure it does, and if it does, do I have to cite a specific KIND of estoppel ... ? It wouldn't be collateral estoppel, and equitable estoppel doesn't seem to apply... is there...
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      Motion for Waiver/Relief...Procedural question

      This is a procedure question more than anything, but I need an answer and I'm not going to get one on the BK board or the litigation board, and I need to get my damned support released from this limbo, so I need a little effing help ... that's why I'm trying now posting it here... I can't...
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      JETX, GURU, IAAL, ANYone!! I really need to know

      Wayyyyy too complicated Reposting, editing to reflect desperation --- Yell at me if ya want, but I gotta file SOMEthing, so please ... This is a procedure question more than it is BK-specific, I think, so that's why I posted it here... I can't afford the filing fee for the Motion for...
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      OKAY, I'll friggin' PAY ya....!!! (MO for Relief)

      I've looked and looked and looked. It's not in the FRBP, not in the local rules. AttyOney kindly suggested it might be in local case law in one of the reporters, but I can't find it, and one of the local attys told me it has to be the local rules ... but it just AIN'T...
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      Sanctions? Is this a game?

      What is the name of your state? FL This just gets crazier all the time. Now this loser's attorney is asking for sanctions against me because the Debtor and I went to arbitration for the child support. Nevermind that the Debtor willingly participated, nevermind that the Debtor's attorney...
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      Title IV-E support money

      What is the name of your state? OR and FL Are there any criminal penalties provided for in the case of people misappropriating Title IV-E adoption assistance? As near as I can tell, there's scarcely any administrative remedy, let alone criminal, but this is getting ridiculous... We've been...
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      misappropriating Title IV-E assistance

      What is the name of your state? OR and FL Are there any criminal penalties provided for in the case of parties misappropriating Title IV-E adoption assistance? As near as I can tell, there's scarcely any administrative remedy, let alone criminal, but this is getting ridiculous... We've...
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      about LAWYERLESS' "income reporting"

      Just to get my unsolicited two bits in on that spicy little discussion... and not to disagree with IAAL, because I DON'T, but merely to add that NOT ALL creditors are big, institutional creditors for whom getting screwed by deadbeat bankruptcies is just a cost of doing business... SOME OF US...
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      Why do I need RELIEF of STAY???

      What is the name of your state? FL The code says the automatic stay "does not operate as a stay ... of the establishment or modification of an order for alimony, maintenance, or support; or ... of the collection of alimony, maintenance, or support from property that is not property of the...
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      Priority or not???

      What is the name of your state? FL Is this a priority claim or not? My ex and I have two children adopted in Oregon. Oregon pays a monthly adoption support stipend of $800. My ex got the checks and kept all the money for two years, even though we shared custody 50-50. I made this part of my...
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      retirement instruments??

      What is the name of your state? FL This might seem reeeeallly lame, but a 401(k) is a bank account right? An interest-bearing, cash-holding savings account, right? You can't put STOCK in a 401(k), right? And an Employee Stock Option Plan is just a tool for investment, not a retirement...

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