Free mortgage counseling: Hope Alliance or call 888-995-HOPE Law Firms: Some other firms we recommend: For Corporate reorganization bankruptcies or Pinellas County consumer or business: Daniel Herman For personal injury claims (accidents, slip fall, etc). Lex Taylor, Lakeland. Accountants: Polk County: Martha Bell Non-bankruptcy credit counseling (as alternative to bankruptcy) Consumer Credit Counseling Service Legal Aid Offices: Hillsborough and Pasco County: Bay Area Legal Services Polk or Hardee County contact: Florida Rural Legal Services Herrnando County: Wichlacoochee Area Legal Services
Links relevant to new bankruptcy law: Summary of new law at abiworld.org Consumer provisions analyzed by Michael Barnett: 1017checklist Legal Briefs filed by firm under new law: Homestead Limitations: In re Rasmussen 347 B.R. 747 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2006). Car Ownership Allowance: In re George (decision pending). Approved credit counseling agencies for Florida: Ofc US Trustee cc We recommend that clients use Institute for Financial Literacy. We recommend clients do not use Springboard Nonprofit Consumer Credit Management, Inc or Consumer Credit Counseling of Central Florida. Whichever service is used, make sure they understand that the counseling is to meet the bankruptcy requirement. Cheaper services: now getting feedback on: Cricket Credit Counseling Service for the pre-bankruptcy credit counseling. $36.00 fee. Approved Personal Financial Management Courses: UST-pfm Estimated median family income 2008: UST IRS standards for allowable expenses : Food-clothing-nec: National Healthcare Expenses, National Housing and Utilities, Florida. Transportation, Regional adjusted Some disclosure forms related to the new law:
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