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Avoid Mistakes When Planning and Filing Illinois Bankruptcy Cases

The best-planned bankruptcy cases go unnoticed. A few debtors glide through the system without attracting attention and receive full discharges in record time. Luck is not involved, but rather each successful debtor begins planning strategically a few weeks or months in advance. These debtors know something that you don’t.

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"Illinois Bankruptsy"

Common misspelling which may violate Illinois bankruptcy statutory pleading requirements for specific petition language. Courts are provided with broad discretion to allow debtors to cure errors at the present time, including misspellings, however pending legislation provides for mandatory dismissals in many new circumstances. Other common misspellings include bankuptcy, bankruptcie, bankluptcie, bankrupty, bankruptsy, bankrupcy, bankluptsy, banruptcy, bakruptcy, bnkruptcy, bankrutcy, bankrptcy, bankruptsie bankluptcy, bamkruptcy, bankruptyc, bankrupcty, bankrutpcy, bankrputcy, bankurptcy, banrkuptcy, baknruptcy and bankruptc.

11 U.S.C. §302: "(a) Joint cases under a chapter of this title is commenced by the filing with the bankruptcy court of a single petition under such chapter by an individual that may be a debtor under such chapter and such individual's spouse. The commencement of a joint case under a chapter of this title constitutes an order for relief under such chapter. (b) After the commencement of a joint case, the court shall determine the extent, if any, to which the debtors' estates shall be consolidated "

New privacy rules went into effect December 1, 2003 for all Illinois bankruptcy courts. Previously, the social security number for each debtor was made publicly available through the clerk's office in all cases. The new rule now requires only the last four digits to be made publicly available because of the rise in identity theft. Concerns regarding inclusion of the names and ages of minor children within schedules remain hotly debated. The Illinois Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District issued a standing order on February 17, 2004 because of the dischargeability of attorney fees. In a case under Chapter 7 of the Code, where the debtor's attorney agreed to represent the debtor upon the condition of a later written agreement to pay attorney fees after filing, the Court will now allow an attorney to withdraw if the debtor refuses to sign the agreement.

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