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Submitted by on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 08:33
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HI.... I am somewhat confused about filing chapter 7 with judgements. I have a judgement for owing SSI overpayment and last yr the govt garnished my income tax refund and one credit card co. just filed a law suit against me about 2wks ago and iam guessing if i dont respond to this it will become a future judgement. I only work part-time and not able to pay. If i file for chapter 7 will it dismiss these judgements? Please advise. Thanks.


I am not sure if filing chapter 7 will do anything about the SSI overpayment. I think that one would survive a discharge. It would eliminate the credit card debt. If you get a judgement for the cc debt, the collector would be able to garnish your wages, unless it is less than $154 a week. They can take 10% of your gross, or 25% of your disposable income, whichever is less. As far as the SSI, you will probably hve to accept that the government is going to take your tax refunds until it is paid. The government is going to make sure that they get their money.


Submitted by southernapostolic on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 09:49

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