Getting the timing right can mean the difference between a successful bankruptcy and one that leaves debts behind.

Rule 523 dictates the debts you can't erase through bankruptcy (and the list might surprise you).

This bankruptcy timing rule could determine whether you keep recent payments or lose them to creditors. Here's why.

Alongside real estate, unused tax credits, intellectual property, and unpaid judgments, the marketplace of bankruptcy assets for sale has included a Ferrari, private jets, thoroughbred horses and ...