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Last week, I had the honor of attending my friend Lori Rasmussen’s change of command ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base here in Montgomery.  While commander, Lt. Col.

Nothing inspires fear in my clients like the threat of having their wages garnished. But I find that garnishment, or the threat thereof, is oftentimes misunderstood. Here’s what I mean. If you have found yourself behind in payments to your creditors, in attempting to collect that debt your creditor may have told you they plan to garnish your wages.

In my Sep 29, 2015 blog post, What Happens to Your SSA Disability Benefits When You Die?, I detailed the consequences the unfortunate event has on your SSA benefits.  I also warned the sur

A week does not go by when I talk with a client or prospective client about issues with their mortgage or their need to utilize the equity in their home and cannot.  News articles report the housing market continues to improve.  The Federal Reserve recently published an article entitled Resid

Over the previous 5 years my afternoons and evenings in the fall were spent coaching high school football. I am passionate about the game and felt the excitement build as the season approached. This past Saturday I attended the Alabama vs. Texas A&M game and the level of excitement was off the charts.

On September 1, 2016; Chapter 13 Standing Chapter Trustee D. Sims Crawford became United States Bankruptcy Judge D. Sims Crawford.

I am a very proud daughter of an Army veteran and truly feel blessed that I was raised in a military family.  My father, Benny Conner, served in Operation Desert Storm in the early 90’s and it is because of him that I love and respect our country.  Fortunately, for our family, my father came home alive and well but for other military families the tours of their loved ones end tragically

A recent survey conducted by Student Loan Hero, as reported by CNBC, has found that many college students are using some of the student loan money to pay for exp

A Chapter 13 bankruptcy (also known as a Debt Consolidation) will bundle together all of a person’s debts so that the person filing makes only one payment per month to the Court.  From there, the Court handles paying each of your creditors what they are suppose