Things to be aware of when facing bankruptcy 9

If you have made it to an attorney and are preparing to file bankruptcy, then you have received a packet requesting a lot of information including a list of assets. Be sure to be complete in listing your assets. Now, I do not mean you need to count your skivvies or socks, but you do NOT want to exclude items of value (yes, do give an estimate of the number of outfits and wearing apparel in your household but no need for an exact inventory unless they are fancy designer clothes).

A few things that tend to get left off that list: life insurance policies (even term policies that have no cash value need to be listed), burial plots, and tax refunds. These are all out of sight and out of mind things that, nevertheless, are assets of your estate. Most people have enough exemptions to cover them, and so there is no down side to listing them. The up-side to listing them is a smooth bankruptcy.

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