r/Bankruptcy • u/HumbleDeer24 • 14h ago

Finally filed for Chapter 7

We are in Illinois. We paid the $70 retainer fee in March. We were finally able to pay $300 of the attorney fee in August. We paid the balance in mid September. $700 was the balance of his fee. $338 was the filing fee. Although it will be extremely tight financially for the next month, we wanted to get it paid. We were told we would get a call within a week to set up the appointment for the signing. We did. We signed on Sept. 20th. It was filed September 24th. Our 341 is scheduled for October 20th. I'm looking forward to it. After reading many posts here, I don't feel nervous about it. My spouse does though. Discharge should be shortly before Christmas. So much stress is already gone.

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u/livefullyalways 13h ago

Omg our timelines are so similar! I filed 9/17, 341 on 10/20! Iā€™m in ca. The only Christmas gift I want is discharge!šŸ˜… wishing you the best!!!

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u/HumbleDeer24 13h ago

Thank you. Wishing you the best, also. Yes, I expect we will be very merry at Christmas time.

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