Drowning in debt? Both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy could offer relief, but they work very differently.

Americans filed hundreds of thousands of bankruptcy petitions over the past year, with Chapter 7 representing a large percentage of those cases. That makes sense considering that Chapter 7 is ...

When debt becomes unmanageable, the first question is often not whether to file for bankruptcy, but which chapter offers the right framework. The answer is rarely one-size-fits-al ...

When Americans are drowning in debt — and a lot of them are right now, considering that recent data shows credit card balances have topped $1.2 trillion with average credit card APRs hovering above 22 ...