Opened checking account 2 days after filing bankruptcy

[atablackbelt]

I opened a checking account two days after filing bankruptcy. This checking account is with the same bank, that I have now. The reason we opened a new checking account, was because my husband is in the process of getting a green card, and we need a joint checking account before the hearing, which is in two weeks. So my question is, should I go back and tell my attorney about this joint checking account? There is only $25 in it, but my husband (who did not have a checking account before) is going to have his next paycheck direct deposited into it.

I didn't think to open it ahead of time, and now I don't want it to come out that we have committed fraud or something...

[blessed]

I'm guessing that $25 was covered in the exemptions you listed either cash on hand or included in the balance of your other account the day you filed. Moving or opening a new account doesn't matter, it's the money you have in it and where it came from that matters. You're fine.

[69corvair]

No, the filing of your petition is basically a line in the sand. With the exception of inheritances and life insurance proceeds, assets you acquire post-petition aren't part of your bankruptcy estate.