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Scenario

When couples must decide between joint or separate bankruptcy filings

My wife and I are meeting with bankruptcy attorneys but we keep getting stuck on whether to file jointly or separately, and really we're questioning whether financial partnership means we sink or swim together or whether love sometimes means protecting each other from our individual mistakes.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The choice between joint and individual bankruptcy filings forces examination of what financial unity means in marriage and when protection requires separation.

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Zera
Zera works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Bankruptcy — the philosophy and the process?”

Peri

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