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Old Dec 29th, 2008, 08:16 PM   #1
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Hi everyone,
I am in need of some good advice. I filed Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in 06. A few months ago I received court papers from someone who filed small claims on me. This debt was included in the bankruptcy and was discharged. Not only did they sue me, they sued my wife in her maiden name. The debt did occur before we were married. But it was both of our debt. We live in Wisconsin and Wisconsin is a Marital Property State. I sent the court the Bankruptcy papers with my explanation. I looked a few days later on the court records and the case was dismissed in my name due to Bankruptcy but, the case was still open in my spouse’s name. We went to court on the court date and we were told due to the person not show up in court it was dismissed. I new that the person who sued us lived out of state. I explained this to the clerk of courts. The clerk said that it didn’t matter due to the fact the person did not show. A week ago I looked up the court records again to see if the case had been dismissed. My wife was still being sued and she had a new updated court date. The court says that the case was dismissed for me due to the Bankruptcy but my wife is still being sued because she was a Non-filing spouse in my bankruptcy and I filed bankruptcy on my own with out my wife. I try to explain that I filed bankruptcy on the debt and the debt was erased due to my chapter 7, we also live in a community property state and I took full responsiblty of the debt. The court states she still has to appear in court and the court commissioner will decided then. My question is what can I do about this?? I live in a martial property state. Is the debt earased due to my bankruptcy? My wife is a stay at home mom and doesn’t work so the debtor will still have to come after my income. Can I counter sue for the debtor suing me after I filed bankruptcy on the debt? How do I go about counter suing? The debtor new I filed bankruptcy and sued my wife as the primary and me as the secondary. If someone could please give me some advice and tell me what my options are I would really appreciated it. Thank you
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Old Dec 30th, 2008, 12:32 PM   #2
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When a company pursues collection of a debt discharged in bankruptcy, that company (or individual) violates the discharge order of the court, and the bankruptcy code does provide a remedy for that--a bankruptcy case can be re-opened to address a discharge violation.

However, a discharge is valid only as to the bankruptcy petitioner (in this case, you). Where another party (such as your wife) has an independent obligation on a debt, that obligation does not disappear with the bankruptcy discharge--the discharge is only as to the person filing bankruptcy.

Given the situation you describe, it's possible that the creditor will have no means of collecting against your wife, but your bankruptcy is not grounds for dismissing the case against her.

You would do well to speak with an attorney who handles discharge violations; it's possible that an attorney could negotiate for dismissal of the claim against your wife as part of a settlement of your discharge violation claim.
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Old Dec 30th, 2008, 12:42 PM   #3
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Good answer! very helpful

I was just researching this as well!!!


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Old Jan 14th, 2009, 07:57 AM   #4
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TThis question has helped me too. I am also from Wisconsin and I filed bankruptcy in October 2006. I included a particular creditor in the bankruptcy and they still filed a small claims suit against me. I did not appear in court because I did not receive the notice. Therefore a judgement has been issued against me. I am trying to get this removed from my credit report because I know they(the creditor) were not suppose to file against me if I was in an open backruptcy and they had been notified. I have the mailing matrix and the schedule with them listed.
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Good answer! very helpful

I was just researching this as well!!!


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Old May 14th, 2009, 09:01 PM   #5
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Please help! I just filed Chapter 7 and received the discharge paperwork. Before filing my Chapter 7, Asset Acceptance received two Default Judgments against me - they served a John Doe at an address that I hadn't lived for 2 years. The debt was over four years old when they received these two judgments. I was amazed they were able to get judgments, but it happened. Before I received the discharge paperwork, I obtained copies of my three credit reports. They were still open judgments, now they are still on my credit report as "paid judgments". How can this happen? Is this legal? My attorney told me they should be removed - now do I have to go to court to have these judgments dismissed (vacated)? I was hoping to just have the Chapter 7 on my credit report, not two paid judgments - this totally angers me to no end!!! I'll take any advice and any suggestions.
Thank you, Deborah
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Old Jun 15th, 2009, 03:50 AM   #7
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