So my client faxes me all her signature pages and said
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:16 pm
A bankruptcy attorney friend of mine gives the following colloquy to new
clients when they retain him:
(I'm paraphrasing)
It is important that you ask me before taking any actions that might
affect your bankruptcy case. If you are unsure about what these might
be, ask me. I am now going to ask you an important question. You come
home from work and you see your house is on fire. The Fire Department
hasn't been called yet (to your knowledge). You pick up your
cellphone. Who is the first call you make? [If client answer "the Fire
Dept.", they are admonished that the first call should be to their
attorney].
This is, of course, hyperbole, and I certainly don't want my clients
calling me every time they're about to sneeze, but it does emphasize
that we need to do a little more than cutting them loose to simply fill
out paperwork after we've been retained.
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On 1/7/2010 5:40 AM, Holly Roark wrote:
> So my client faxes me all her signature pages and said she is ready to file except she has one small change: She cashed out her retirement to pay back her boyfriend the money she owed him.
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> UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> I have had an entire week of clients making financial moves without asking me. I am about to hit the roof.
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> Can we undo this and exempt the funds under the wildcard? Luckily, she actually has enough of the wildcard exemption to exempt these funds, but I am wondering procedureally, if we can just simply undo this transaction before filing? We can then list him as a creditor. Is there any problem with undoing a preference and exempting the funds before filing?
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> Holly Roark
> Central District of California
> holly@roarklawoffices.com
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