What kinds of debt can bankruptcy eliminate?

A Rhode Island bankruptcy filing can be used to get rid of many types of debt. Filing under Chapter 7  may allow many types of debts to be wiped out completely:

  • credit card debt
  • electric, gas, water, and other utility bills
  • medical, dental, and vision bills
  • personal and unsecured bank loans
  • automobile loan obligations remaining on a repossessed vehicle
  • mortgage loan obligations remaining on a foreclosed home

Any child support obligations, recent taxes, and student loans are generally not eligible for discharge. But in some cases, even student loans can be eliminated in a bankruptcy if it can be shown that these debts create an unreasonable hardship for you.

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