r/Bankruptcy

50K archived posts · Jul 2009 – Sep 2026

Consumer Bankruptcy

r/Bankruptcy

Resources for those interested in bankruptcy, with a primary focus on consumer Chapters 7 and 13.This subreddit is established to discuss bankruptcy in the United States. If you are posting ANYTHING regarding bankruptcy in a country other than the United States, you MUST identify the country about which you are posting. If you are posting from within the USA, please list your [state] in the title of your post. Questions about Canadian Bankruptcy are best directed to /r/PersonalFinanceCanada/

Created Feb 12, 2009

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This is not a forum for legal advice.
This is not a forum for legal marketing.

This subreddit is for any discussion around bankruptcy. Whether you're thinking of it, in the middle of the process, completed it, or just plain interested in the subject.

United States Bankruptcy Courts

United States Bankruptcy Code at the LII

Means Testing - Census Bureau, IRS Data and Administrative Expenses Multipliers

[RECAP the Law - Free Pacer archive] (https://free.law/recap/)

[National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys - Attorney Finder] (https://nacba.org/page/find-an-attorney)

Rules:

Do not give legal advice. Legal advice includes telling someone whether they should file, what type of bankruptcy someone should file, where and how to list information on the bankruptcy petition, etc. Comments or posts with legal advice will be deleted.
Any posts or comments advertising services, anything for sale, or referrals to attorneys/law firms/legal services, will be removed.
If you are posting about bankruptcy from a perspective that is not the United States, you must identify the country. Otherwise, your post will be removed.
Be nice. Be professional. Be courteous. Be compassionate.

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