First off lets say for the record I'm not real fond of attorneys.
Mine is quite the tool.
Why can't they be up front with there prices?
We went with him because he was the cheapest well you get what you pay for even with attorneys.
He charged us $996 plus filing fees I thought that wasn't bad,we had retained on May 1st, we pay in full $1295.00 he looks at our numbers says we can file on July 1st.
DW an I go in on July 1st he does our numbers again and says we are $105 over median,I ask him if he ran the means test and we were still over he tells DW and I that it will cost an extra $504 to run the means test or we can just wait till August to file but he says he'll be on vacation the first part of the month and would not be back until the 18th.
The DW was starting to turn red I had to remind her to breathe she wasn't happy,I couldn't help but laugh.
We also have a Lawsuit hanging around our necks for a medical bill so we were not in a position to really wait and have the garnishment come down on us.
So DW says we can't afford that and will have to wait in a disgusting tone,Attorney says before we leave he'll knock off one hour ($165) to do the means test DW and I talk it over and agree to just eat it and "Git R Dun".
I call Attorney and were set to go for the 7th of July he says we need to pay cash,I said okay then gave DW a weird look and gave a shrug.
Okay so we go in today and I give him the money he writes a receipt and then slips the cash into his pocket(can you say unreported income) I just laugh under my breath.
So anyway we passed or failed the means test depending on how you want to look at it,and our petition was filed and we walked out with our docket number.
And now we wait to hear from the Attorney for our date with the Trustee for our 341.
We're close now but still hurdles to jump, with a pending lawsuit the DW has for a slip and fall it could be a problem but were hoping not because we don't think there's any real value to the case so the trustee just might poo-poo it it's too small and not worth his time we have about 12 creditors,we shall see.
Mine is quite the tool.
Why can't they be up front with there prices?
We went with him because he was the cheapest well you get what you pay for even with attorneys.
He charged us $996 plus filing fees I thought that wasn't bad,we had retained on May 1st, we pay in full $1295.00 he looks at our numbers says we can file on July 1st.
DW an I go in on July 1st he does our numbers again and says we are $105 over median,I ask him if he ran the means test and we were still over he tells DW and I that it will cost an extra $504 to run the means test or we can just wait till August to file but he says he'll be on vacation the first part of the month and would not be back until the 18th.
The DW was starting to turn red I had to remind her to breathe she wasn't happy,I couldn't help but laugh.
We also have a Lawsuit hanging around our necks for a medical bill so we were not in a position to really wait and have the garnishment come down on us.
So DW says we can't afford that and will have to wait in a disgusting tone,Attorney says before we leave he'll knock off one hour ($165) to do the means test DW and I talk it over and agree to just eat it and "Git R Dun".
I call Attorney and were set to go for the 7th of July he says we need to pay cash,I said okay then gave DW a weird look and gave a shrug.
Okay so we go in today and I give him the money he writes a receipt and then slips the cash into his pocket(can you say unreported income) I just laugh under my breath.
So anyway we passed or failed the means test depending on how you want to look at it,and our petition was filed and we walked out with our docket number.
And now we wait to hear from the Attorney for our date with the Trustee for our 341.
We're close now but still hurdles to jump, with a pending lawsuit the DW has for a slip and fall it could be a problem but were hoping not because we don't think there's any real value to the case so the trustee just might poo-poo it it's too small and not worth his time we have about 12 creditors,we shall see.
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