San Diego Law Blog

For various reasons, it is common for individuals to put off creating their will and other estate planning documents. Many believe that they do not have sufficient assets to warrant the creation of a will, that enlisting the help of an attorney is simply too expensive or that planning for one’s death is an unpleasant topic that they wish to avoid. However, there are numerous pressing reasons why estate planning should be made a priority in one’s life.

If an individual passes without a will, which is known as dying “intestate,”

It seems as though more companies than ever have recently attempted to reorganize their debts under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Whether more companies are actually filing bankruptcy may or may not be true, but certainly we are seeing it more frequently in the news. Indeed, over the last few months, we have seen the likes of Blockbuster, MGM, Borders, and Giordano’s file bankruptcy in order to restructure their debts. As many of us are customers of these companies, it often leaves us wondering how their filings affect us,

At the VC Law Group, quite often clients will come in with at least one of the following debt-related issues:

- They are involved in a lawsuit relating to debt that they owe- Their house is in foreclosure- Their wages are being garnished- They are receiving harassing phone calls from debt collectors

When we hear this, we tell our clients that one of the most powerful tools that comes along with the filing of a bankruptcy petition is the Automatic Stay that goes into effect immediately