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Bankruptcy or Paying off your Debt - is there even a Choice?

Michigan Bankruptcy Attorneys - Actually Helping People get a Fresh Start

How to Avoid Bankruptcy by Increasing Your Income in Michigan

Bankruptcy and Foreclosure in Michigan - Part 1 - Keeping or Saving your home

Bankruptcy and Foreclosure in Michigan - Part 2 - Deciding whether to keep or give up your home

Bankruptcy and Foreclosure in Michigan - Part 3 - Getting out of your Mortgage

Resources

A Bankruptcy video series done by the Official United States Federal Court’s site:

http://www.uscourts.gov/bankruptcycourts/bankruptcybasics.html

The Official site of the Bankruptcy Court in Detroit:

http://www.mieb.uscourts.gov/

The American Bankruptcy Institute, the largest Bankruptcy educational website around:

http://www.abiworld.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

A good overview of options for those in debt from the Federal Trade Commission:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre19.shtm

Cornell Law School has a fine, searchable site with loads of information:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Bankruptcy

A fine MSN article about Credit Counseling:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/YourCreditRating/TheConsumersGuideToCreditCounseling.aspx

While not completely without errors, the Wikipedia site is informative:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy

New York Times on Credit Card Debt and Bankruptcy

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/16/your-money/credit-and-debit-cards/16counsel.html

MSN Money story about the dangers of “bargain” or “cut rate” Bankruptcy fees.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/BankruptcyGuide/BewareCutRateBankruptcyAdvice.aspx

CBS New Story on Credit Counseling and Credit Repair scams

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/07/earlyshow/contributors/raymartin/main3800803.shtml

Buzzle.com article on the phony promises of Credit Counseling

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/1-10-2006-85991.asp

National Consumer Law Center article on Bankruptcy for Older Americans

http://www.consumerlaw.org/issues/seniors_initiative/bankruptcy_advice.shtml