Options with Your Vehicle Loan under Chapter 7
Your car or truck loan may be the most important debt you have. Chapter 7 puts you in the driver seat for dealing with this debt.
Glenn A. Brown, DMD, MBA
Debts with Collateral–THE Fixation of Many Bankruptcies
Your vehicle loan, home mortgage, account at the appliance or electronics store, and maybe a debt that’s resulted in a judgment lien–these debts with collateral are the ones that grab the most attention during a bankruptcy case. And that includes the attention of the creditors, very interested in “their” collateral.
What Happens to Your “General Unsecured Debts” in Chapter 13?
In most Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcies,” most debts are legally written off, especially debts that are not secured by any collateral and don’t belong to any of the special “priority” categories of debt. But how about in a Chapter 13 payment plan? What determines whether these creditors get paid, and if so how much?
What Happens to Your “General Unsecured Debts” in Chapter 7?
Your “left-over debts”–those which are neither secured by collateral nor belong to any of the special “priority” categories–often don’t drive the decision about whether to file Chapter 7 or 13. But you still need to know how these “general unsecured debts” are handled under these two options.