Other Resources
If you're like me, you like to do some digging around
online before you make a commitment to call somebody or make a
purchase. Below I've pasted some links to informaton and
resources you may find helpful.
The
Utah Bankruptcy Court. This site is the offical
website of the Utah Bankruptcy Court. It has links to
local rules, court calenders,
bankruptcy forms and
filing statistics. You really should
take a look at the filing statistics web page because it will
show just how many people are filing bankruptcy in Utah, which
kind of bankruptcy, and how the filing rates have increased
dramatically in the last few years.
Federal
Trade Commision's online complaint form. Go here if
you've been subjected to unlawful debt collection practices
and you want to file a complaint about it. Keep in mind
the FTC does not intervene in your individual case, but filing
a complaint will certainly raise red flags about the offending
collector and might make
their lives a little more
miserable.
Utah State Exempt Property List. This
site is the actual Utah state code section, or law, that sets
forth which kinds of property are protected in a
bankruptcy. In other words, the trustee cannot take this
stuff away from you in either a chapter 7 or chapter 13
bankruptcy. And because the legislature cannot do
anything simply, there is a second list of protected property
here. These two lists combined are all
of the exempt property protected in a Utah bankruptcy.
The United States Bankruptcy Code.
Bankruptcy law is primarily a federal law and this is the link
to that law. Warning: this is not light reading!
If you dare to take a peak at it, you'll soon realize why it's
worth paying a lawyer to help you navigate through all the
confusing legal mumbo jumbo.