bankruptcy petition
Formal debt surrender
A bankruptcy petition is a formal legal document filed with a court to initiate bankruptcy proceedings.
It declares that an individual or business cannot pay their debts and requests protection under bankruptcy law.
The petition triggers an automatic stay, halting most collection efforts against the debtor: They filed a bankruptcy petition after the business collapsed.
- filingStoring documents systematically
- debtorOne who owes
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- creditorOne owed money
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
legal protection · Chapter 13 · Chapter 7 · repayment plan · debt relief · fresh start · second chance · clean slate · trustee · schedules · exemptions · means test · court hearing · foreclosure · arrears · judge · credit counseling · default
- legal filingswrit, motion, appeal, complaint, brief
- bankruptcyChapter 11, Chapter 7, insolvency, Chapter 13, discharge
- writscertiorari, mandamus, habeas corpus, prohibition, replevin
- marital financemarital assets, community property, property division, asset division, divorce settlement
bankruptcy petitionfull payment
Entire amount owed, delivered
payment plan · mortgage payoff · debt settlement · debt consolidation loan
bankruptcy petitionarticles of incorporation
Documents legally creating a corporation
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