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FairPoint Communications gets green light from bankruptcy court

Nearly three years after a tiny North Carolina phone company grew six-fold by swallowing the major landline networks of Maine, new Hampshire and Vermont, it convinced a federal bankruptcy court judge last week that it could try again at running them. FairPoint Communications Inc. got the green light to emerge from Chapter 11 from Judge [...]

Bankruptcy filings at a record in 2010 for San Luis Obispo County

Many San Luis Obispo County residents sought a fresh start in U.S. Bankruptcy Court last year — including homeowners in the middle- to upper middle-income range who have been slammed in the recession. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California — which ranges from Riverside County to San Luis Obispo County — [...]

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy question – Which exemptions do I use, Federal or State?

I live in Florida now, but I have lived here only for about 1.5 years. So, I know I can't file as a Florida resident (730 day rule). Prior to Florida, I lived in Indiana for 30 years, so as I understand it by the 180 rule, Indiana is the state I would have to [...]