do you repay attorney fees?

[mickeysfriend]

when converting from a 13 to a 7, do you have to repay? the whole fee? we just filed in October

[EricaCallaha]

Yes. I think about all districts are the same. If you convert to a 7 then you have to pay your attorney completely up front as well. You cannot have any debt with them when you file a 7.

[michele71]

I thought you could include the attorney fees from the 13 if you go chapter 7. But you have to pay the chapter 7 fees up front....that is what my cousin did.

[kornellred]

If you can't afford to make payments in a Chapter 13 how can you afford an attorney for a Chapter 7? Maybe you could go pro se on the conversion - all you would have is the filing fee.

[HHM]

This issue is entirely up to the attorney. The court really has nothing to do with. Most attorneys will charge you something for doing a conversion, others don't. It really just depends on the level of service.

As a flip side to Kornellred's comment, if you haven't been paying the trustee, then you probably have some money laying around