By: St. Louis Bankruptcy Lawyer Frank Ledbetter
Hi, I'm St. Louis bankruptcy attorney Frank Ledbetter. I've been a St. Louis bankruptcy lawyer since 2003. When filing for bankruptcy, you may ponder doing it yourself instead of hiring a bankruptcy attorney. This is called Pro Se bankruptcy filing. "Pro Se" is Latin for "for oneself." There are many problems with this method of bankruptcy filing.
Though many bankruptcy cases may seem routine, the simplest bankruptcy case is complex enough that having an experienced bankruptcy attorney is important. Bankruptcy documents are filed under penalty of perjury. If a Pro Se client does not understand all the legal terminology involved with the bankruptcy documents, the Pro Se client will be unable to complete the bankruptcy schedules and statements truthfully, which is not a minor issue.
Pro Se bankruptcy filers often misunderstand all the bankruptcy documents that need to be filed and by what date, which often results into the dismissal of the Pro Se bankruptcy filer's bankruptcy case for failure to timely file certain documents. Pro Se bankruptcy filers often misunderstand the limits of what property is exempt, which may result in the loss of assets in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, which would have been avoided if a bankruptcy attorney had been retained.
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