What is the name of your state? Florida
Hello
I'm went thru the process of filing for chapter 13 with an attorney in Florida.
After filing, I started to receive multiple letters from the attorney's office in relation to the bankruptcy. One of the letters stated the date and time I needed to meet with the attorney and the trustee on court. I went to the court that day to meet with them and the case had to be postponed because I never sent an initial payment to the the trustee in relation to the bankruptcy. I told my attorney that I was never informed about making this first payment to the trustee. I told him that I did received a letter related to a payment plan but I though the letter didn stated that I needed to pay the trustee before meeting with him on court. When I got that letter of the payment plan the first time I called the attorney's office and spoke with one of the assistants. The assistant never told me that I needed to make a payment before meeting with the trustee.
Anyways, that day in court, when the case got postponed, the attorney told me to make a check with a certain amount to pay the trustee so we can meet again at court. Two days later, I call the attorney's office to confirm where I was going to send the check and one of the attorney's assistants told me to send the check to the trustee directly. I went ahead and send the check to the trustee including 3 payments. The payment of April, May and June with a total of $660.00.
Like 4 days later, I found out that the case got dismissed and that I need to reinstate the case again and pay the attorney $400.00 to reinstate the case. They also told me that I was supposed to send them the check directly to the attorney's office and not to the trustee.
1. Why should I pay another $400.00 if I never get accurate information from the Attorney's assistants office ??
2. What are my other options if I don't have those $400.00 to reinstate the case??
3. Can I go directly to court and do this chapter 13 myself??
Thank you in advanced,
Pablo
Hello
I'm went thru the process of filing for chapter 13 with an attorney in Florida.
After filing, I started to receive multiple letters from the attorney's office in relation to the bankruptcy. One of the letters stated the date and time I needed to meet with the attorney and the trustee on court. I went to the court that day to meet with them and the case had to be postponed because I never sent an initial payment to the the trustee in relation to the bankruptcy. I told my attorney that I was never informed about making this first payment to the trustee. I told him that I did received a letter related to a payment plan but I though the letter didn stated that I needed to pay the trustee before meeting with him on court. When I got that letter of the payment plan the first time I called the attorney's office and spoke with one of the assistants. The assistant never told me that I needed to make a payment before meeting with the trustee.
Anyways, that day in court, when the case got postponed, the attorney told me to make a check with a certain amount to pay the trustee so we can meet again at court. Two days later, I call the attorney's office to confirm where I was going to send the check and one of the attorney's assistants told me to send the check to the trustee directly. I went ahead and send the check to the trustee including 3 payments. The payment of April, May and June with a total of $660.00.
Like 4 days later, I found out that the case got dismissed and that I need to reinstate the case again and pay the attorney $400.00 to reinstate the case. They also told me that I was supposed to send them the check directly to the attorney's office and not to the trustee.
1. Why should I pay another $400.00 if I never get accurate information from the Attorney's assistants office ??
2. What are my other options if I don't have those $400.00 to reinstate the case??
3. Can I go directly to court and do this chapter 13 myself??
Thank you in advanced,
Pablo