When you’re facing a vehicle repossession, a Chapter 7 case prevents that and gives you a few weeks of peace to get another vehicle. A week ago we went through a list of ways Chapter 7 buys you time with your vehicle lender. Included was that it “gains you some time to get another vehicle before surrendering your present … Read More
A List of Ways Chapter 7 Buys Time for Your Vehicle or Home
If you get behind on payments on your vehicle or home, in many different situations Chapter 7 buys you the time you need. In the last several weeks of blog posts we’ve given many examples of how bankruptcy can buy you time for your vehicle and for your home. Here’s a summary how a Chapter 7 “straight bankruptcy” filed … Read More
Getting Out of Your Vehicle Lease under Chapter 13
Getting out of a vehicle lease by “rejecting” it in Chapter 13 isn’t quite as quick as in Chapter 7 but has about the same practical effect.
Getting Out of Your Vehicle Lease under Chapter 7
Vehicle leases are often not such a good deal. If you find out your isn’t, you can almost certainly “reject” that lease and pay no more.
Keeping Your Leased Vehicle under Chapter 13
Although Chapter 7 can work fine if you’re current on your lease, use Chapter 13 instead if you’re behind and need time to catch up.
Treatment of a Vehicle Lease under Chapter 7
You can most likely “assume” your vehicle lease and keep that vehicle under Chapter 7. But you need to be current or able to be quickly.
Do You Have an Executory Contract, an Unexpired Lease?
Unexpired leases and executory contracts can continue on after you file your bankruptcy case. What are they and what makes them special?
Escaping Your Vehicle Lease through Chapter 13
If you are filing a Chapter 13 case for other reasons, it’s also a good opportunity to get rid of your vehicle lease if you want to do so.
Escaping Your Vehicle Lease through Chapter 7
A vehicle lease can cost you less up-front and each month, but is in reality very expensive. Bankruptcy is your way to break the contract.
Using Chapter 13 to Keep Your Leased Vehicle
Want to keep your leased vehicle but aren’t current on the payments? File a Chapter 13 case if you can’t get current right away.
Using Chapter 7 to Keep Your Leased Vehicle
If current or able to get current on your vehicle lease payments, you’ll likely be able to keep that vehicle in a Chapter 7 case.