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    #1

    When to get a book deal?

    I figured I bring this topic over here....

    So, what if I were to get published and come into some $$ from my little story about my experience with illegal substances...Even if what a year after my bk case is closed, could the trustees come after my riches?
    Filed Oct 2005discharged February 2007,Shapeless in the fire's glow, tell me if you think you know,
    Who it was we were below, where we've been and where we go
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    #2
    I would make sure I made not attempt to publish that book or have any contract involving it - FOR AT LEAST 1 YEAR - 365 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF CLOSING.............

    Its known as "cover your *****"..................

    Would be a terrible shame to work so hard on something and then have a Trustee reopen you case and seize the "benefits" from it............

    Chances of it happening - slim!!! Could happen...... YES!!

    Never dreamed I'd loose my home - was assured I would not by my attorney - SURPRISE - LOST IT - HAD TO BUY IT BACK FROM PERSON WHO BOUGHT IT AT AUCTION....

    So NEVER, say it won't happen...... cause sometimes it does....
    Minny

    "It's amazing the paths that our feet sometimes follow in life".

    My suggestions are from "personal experience" and research only. Do not consider this as legal advice. Each bankruptcy case is different.

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      #3
      most anything, including work income, that you come into after the case is closed the trustee can not take from you. it never belonged to your estate during the bk case.

      the exeption to this rule is the things they ask you about before hand about like inheritance and of course anything that is deemed as fraud on your part for not disclosing.
      Im not an attorney or a trustee. You cant trust me either though!

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        #4
        They can come back and say - you knew you were going to publish this book - why did you not disclose it.......??

        Also if you did not know about an inheritance or winning lotto ticket - then get one - they can still take it....................

        Save yourself some grief - wait a spell...................

        Minny

        "It's amazing the paths that our feet sometimes follow in life".

        My suggestions are from "personal experience" and research only. Do not consider this as legal advice. Each bankruptcy case is different.

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          #5
          yes correct if they can prove you had it ready to go then they can take it.

          since you created a website and created the pages ahead of time then that would be considered potential fraud since you did not disclose it.

          just for reader of this thread in the future, its better to disclose things like this to your attorney and see what he thinks about it. let him make the call.

          keep that conversation you had documented and here is why.

          most likey the attorney will say, eh, ah, its nothing dont bother. then if you ever do get it taken away from by thte us trustee then you have recourse against your attorney. lol someone has to pay...

          right minny? lol
          Im not an attorney or a trustee. You cant trust me either though!

          [x] - Done with 341? Join the 60 Day Club! ___________[x] - Im Discharged! Whoo Hooo!
          [x] - Poll: Should I File Pro-Se ____________________[x] - New BK Law: Median Income, Means Testing and Presumptive Abuse
          [x] - Zombie Debt Collectors Dig Up Your Old Mistakes _-[x] - Bankruptcy Law Resource
          [x] - Need A Fast Answer? Available 24/7!--__________[x] - Dont Be A Hero On Your Budget - You Wont Get An Award!

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            #6
            I FIRMLY BELEIVE - IF they screw my case up - THEN SOMEBODY GETS TO PAY............... for their stupidity....

            THEY are supposed to be "professionals"........


            I had to pay for mine.....................
            Minny

            "It's amazing the paths that our feet sometimes follow in life".

            My suggestions are from "personal experience" and research only. Do not consider this as legal advice. Each bankruptcy case is different.

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              #7
              minny, by the way, why do you have to wait so many days to start suing? why is the case still open since the house sold? how does this work?
              Im not an attorney or a trustee. You cant trust me either though!

              [x] - Done with 341? Join the 60 Day Club! ___________[x] - Im Discharged! Whoo Hooo!
              [x] - Poll: Should I File Pro-Se ____________________[x] - New BK Law: Median Income, Means Testing and Presumptive Abuse
              [x] - Zombie Debt Collectors Dig Up Your Old Mistakes _-[x] - Bankruptcy Law Resource
              [x] - Need A Fast Answer? Available 24/7!--__________[x] - Dont Be A Hero On Your Budget - You Wont Get An Award!

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                #8
                Books can take years to write, right?

                Originally posted by Minnymouth
                They can come back and say - you knew you were going to publish this book - why did you not disclose it.......??

                Also if you did not know about an inheritance or winning lotto ticket - then get one - they can still take it....................

                Save yourself some grief - wait a spell...................


                mine just might take longer than I anticipated...lol
                Filed Oct 2005discharged February 2007,Shapeless in the fire's glow, tell me if you think you know,
                Who it was we were below, where we've been and where we go

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                  #9
                  its when the property was created. if you make a million off it later then he could argue that it started and was the property of the estate and hence his at the time you filed.

                  its always something. i wouldnt worry about it though.
                  Im not an attorney or a trustee. You cant trust me either though!

                  [x] - Done with 341? Join the 60 Day Club! ___________[x] - Im Discharged! Whoo Hooo!
                  [x] - Poll: Should I File Pro-Se ____________________[x] - New BK Law: Median Income, Means Testing and Presumptive Abuse
                  [x] - Zombie Debt Collectors Dig Up Your Old Mistakes _-[x] - Bankruptcy Law Resource
                  [x] - Need A Fast Answer? Available 24/7!--__________[x] - Dont Be A Hero On Your Budget - You Wont Get An Award!

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                    #10
                    for example, the trustee can take minnys poetry book and sell it.

                    however, i get the feeling he will have to pry it from her cold dead hands before that ever happens lol

                    and even then i would watch out for a latent foot kick that is targeted for his arse
                    Im not an attorney or a trustee. You cant trust me either though!

                    [x] - Done with 341? Join the 60 Day Club! ___________[x] - Im Discharged! Whoo Hooo!
                    [x] - Poll: Should I File Pro-Se ____________________[x] - New BK Law: Median Income, Means Testing and Presumptive Abuse
                    [x] - Zombie Debt Collectors Dig Up Your Old Mistakes _-[x] - Bankruptcy Law Resource
                    [x] - Need A Fast Answer? Available 24/7!--__________[x] - Dont Be A Hero On Your Budget - You Wont Get An Award!

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                      #11
                      The lady attny we had a consult with told us 180 days for Ch 7.

                      We asked her about inheritances during Ch 13 as our parents are already older folk. She confirmed the Trustee can take any inheritance, life insurance, etc., type windfall you come into at any time while you are in a Ch 13 plan. And for 180 days after Ch 7 as well.

                      Now writing a book and making big bucks off "earned" income,......... I don't know if that would be the same thing as an inheritance or collecting on a life insurance policy.
                      Filed Ch 7 - 09/06
                      Discharged - 12/2006
                      Officially Declared No Asset - 03/2007
                      Closed - 04/2007

                      I am not an attorney. My comments are based on personal experience and research. Always consult an attorney in your area to address concerns related to your particular situation.

                      Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have declared you legally insane in order to gain control of your estate. - Woody Allen...

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                        #12
                        if it was copyrights and started before you filed and the trustee were to find that out it would be a fight. youd have to show first that if it was created before the filing date why you didnt list it - thats fraud - and also show that there was nothing much created at the time.

                        oh well, i fonly these things would really happen for us to have to worry about lol.
                        Im not an attorney or a trustee. You cant trust me either though!

                        [x] - Done with 341? Join the 60 Day Club! ___________[x] - Im Discharged! Whoo Hooo!
                        [x] - Poll: Should I File Pro-Se ____________________[x] - New BK Law: Median Income, Means Testing and Presumptive Abuse
                        [x] - Zombie Debt Collectors Dig Up Your Old Mistakes _-[x] - Bankruptcy Law Resource
                        [x] - Need A Fast Answer? Available 24/7!--__________[x] - Dont Be A Hero On Your Budget - You Wont Get An Award!

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by bkfiler
                          if it was copyrights and started before you filed and the trustee were to find that out it would be a fight. youd have to show first that if it was created before the filing date why you didnt list it - thats fraud - and also show that there was nothing much created at the time.

                          oh well, i fonly these things would really happen for us to have to worry about lol.

                          well...my little web page thing on AOL is not in the book...I have like 30 double spaced typed pages....that's about it...I wish I had a tape recorder/video on some friends of mine this weekend; could have made a movie about what happened in 24 hours...lol
                          Filed Oct 2005discharged February 2007,Shapeless in the fire's glow, tell me if you think you know,
                          Who it was we were below, where we've been and where we go

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