Chapter 7
Filing the Case
Once you have paid the agreed upon fee, including the filing fee, and have signed and dated your bankruptcy paperwork, your paperwork will be ready for filing with the Bankruptcy Court. You will be advised of your date of filing at the time of the signing of the bankruptcy paperwork. You may call us the day after your case is filed to receive your bankruptcy case number. Every employee of our law firm is capable of providing this information once it is available.
After your Chapter 7 case is filed with the Bankruptcy Court, a copy of your bankruptcy paperwork will be mailed to you for your record.
As soon as your case is filed, the automatic stay comes into effect. From this point forward, if any creditor contacts you, give them our law firm’s name and phone number, and your bankruptcy case number. On rare instances, a creditor may contact you after you have given them your bankruptcy case number. If this happens, make a short memo of who contacted you, what was said, and when the conversation occurred. Mail a copy of your memo along with your full name and case number to our firm and we will handle it from there.