How long before filing?

[Cali]

Was your debt business or consumer? Unsecured, secured or both?
We were over median and our debt was very high.

I am finding that many think it is pretty blacn-n-white that if you are over the median income then you can not file a CH7. This is not true. Unless you have an attny or use the knowledge in this forum, you can file CH7 despite your income. My income was over $78K and I was able to file CH7. In fact with my wife and I, we were well over $110K and still filed CH7.
What broke the camels back was my debt. I had over $600K in debt and filed alone, not married. The US Trustee tried to gather every penny & dime from my wife but my attny stepped in.