Friday, August 12, 2011

Filing a Pro Se Bankruptcy is a Bad Idea

The trouble for this pro se case began when the chapter 7 trustee asked, “do you have items for sale on craigslist?”

“Yes.” replied the pro se debtor.

“Why didn’t you list them in your bankruptcy petition?” replied the trustee.

“Because they really don’t belong to me.” replied pro se debtor.

“Do you have a paypal account?” asked the trustee.

“Yes.” replied the pro se debtor.

“How much money is this account right now.”

“Four thousand dollars but its not really mine. Its my boyfriends money” replied the pro se debtor.

Read the rest of the article on National Bankruptcy Forum

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