The bankruptcy process seems to help out the paper industry considerably

[wonderingrov]

As I've been getting documents together for my lawyer, a thought occurred to me - seems like the whole bankruptcy process certainly helps keep the paper production industry afloat. I'm just in the initial phases, but so far there has been the 28 page 'initial questionaire,' copies of my bank statements (about 35 pages there) for 6 months showing direct deposits, copies of my credit reports (around 35 pages there), and a few other things - and this is just the beginning. Fortunately, I had purchased like 1000 copies from the UPS Store at around 4 cents/copy about a year and a half ago, and still have around 500 of those left on my account - but I have been suprised at how quickly this stuff adds up. I have a suspicion I'll probably need a separate filing cabinet for my bankruptcy papers by the time I get through with all of this...

[Flamingo]

Most people don't have scanners and keep paperless filing. Plus it makes it hard if copies have to be certified or be provided as original. Many law firms, doctor's offices, etc. now have everything scanned and are totally paperless except for initial documentation.

[flower04]

Your subject line cracks me up! I felt the same way. Just send our tax returns to our attorney and photocoping that was a huge chunk of paper. After the office had received it, they send me an email telling me that next year they would like a pdf file of our return from our cpa. Didn't dawn on me to ask for a "paperless" file, but now I will.

[melissah34]

Agreed! I just turned in my documentation to my lawyer today. Not sure exactly how many pages but I'd say a couple inches worth, maybe 250 pages plus I went ahead and made a copy for myself before I turned them in so, yeah, I'm with you.