Is my attorney lying?

[mdabcdefg]

I have a feeling my lawyer is lying to me (typical lawyer). I forgot to add a creditor during filing for my non-asset Chapter 7. I read all over that it is $27 to amend. He told me on the phone it would be $60 to do that. I live in Wisconsin. Does that charge seem correct? Half the people seem to say that I don't need to amend it because it will get erased since i'm non-asset but then the other half says I need to amend it.

[BKdinOhio]

The $27 is the charge from the court to file the amendment. I assume the atty may charge some labor to do the filing for you, which is what the $33 above and beyond the $27 would be.

[AngelinaCat]

The $27 is the charge from the court to file the amendment. I assume the atty may charge some labor to do the filing for you, which is what the $33 above and beyond the $27 would be.

That added fee should not happen. Check your contract that you have with this attorney, but as I understand it, your attorney fees should carry through from filing, all the way to discharge. If something unforseen arises, such as an Adversary Proceeding, that will be extra.

Good luck.

[JRScott]

It is typical for attorneys to charge more than the 27 dollars the court charges.

If I'm not mistaken there is a precedent under the 2005 BK laws that if you are a Chapter 7 No Asset that even if a debt is not listed it is discharged, but only if you are no asset.

[HHM]

Many attorney's will charge a fee to add creditors after the fact. It depends on what the attorney agreed to do for you, but unfortunately, if you go to a cheap lawyer, there is an ala carte menu of items that are extra, and adding a creditor after a case is filed is one of them. But it is true, the court charges $26-$27 to amend the schedule of creditors and creditor matrix.

[biggomez777]

Yet another agreement post. If we forgot to add a creditor, we had to pay a little more per creditor added plus the amendment fee. His thing was "if you screw something up, it's yours to pay off".

We actually have a cool lawyer, we might have to fight the trustee in court and he'll do it for free cause it wasn't us, it's cause she's a dipshit.

[AngelinaCatHub]

Yet another agreement post. If we forgot to add a creditor, we had to pay a little more per creditor added plus the amendment fee. His thing was "if you screw something up, it's yours to pay off".

We actually have a cool lawyer, we might have to fight the trustee in court and he'll do it for free cause it wasn't us, it's cause she's a dipshit.

You are a man of truths, and do not hide your feelings. I like that. 'Hub