We look forward to seeing you in our office and discussing your situation. In order for us to handle your consultation as efficiently as possible, and to enable us to give you accurate and sound advice, we ask that you bring the information listed below to your office appointment or send it to us at your earliest convience.

Please call us with any questions at 256-718-2311  
or see our FAQ Bankruptcy Section for more information.

If it is inconvenient for you to come to an appointment at our office, or if you don’t want to miss work you may avoid another trip by emailing, mailing or faxing the information to our office. If you chose this option simply call the office for a phone interview date and time to go over your case. In most cases you would then come to the office one time to sign documents and go over any final details concerning your case. 

PLEASE BRING, MAIL, EMAIL OR FAX THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO US, WE WILL NEED IT TO COMPLETE YOUR CASE.

If you have questions please call us at 256-718-2311.You may also fax information to us at 256-718-2377 or email information to us at legal@smithbankruptcy.com. You can also mail information to us at Damon Smith Attorney, 126 East Tennessee St. Florence, Al. 35630. If emailing tax returns, pay stubs or bank statements send as a PDF please.

1.    Please provide copies of Driver License and Social Security Cards for you and your spouse if you are filing jointly or you may bring the cards to your office appointment.

2    If anyone has sued you or garnished your wages we will need a copy of the documents you or your employer received from the court to stop the lawsuit or garnishment.  If you own or are buying land and you have been sued and a Court Judgement has been issued, you must bring in any judicial liens to enable us to avoid the Lien if possible. If you think you might have any judicial liens go to your county courthouse in the county where you live and also any other counties where you have real property, land or a house and ask the Probate office whether there are any judicial liens against you.  Please ask the probate office to look this information up and and to provide you with a copy of any judicial liens with the plat and page number stamped on them. The reason we are bringing this to your attention is that if any judicial liens are not taken care of now, then your real property can be encumbered down the road and the debt would have to be paid either when the property is sold or the creditor could also try to seize your real property to try to satisfy the lien.

3.  Please provide the 2 most recent pay stubs received  by you or your spouse, or a statement from your employer that states your income for the last 60 days. We will also need your spouse’s information even if they are not filing with you because the Court requires us to show household income. If you or your spouse receive  SSI, a pension or unemployment please bring any document showing how much you or your spouse receive monthly.

4. If you or your spouse are unemployed or self employed we will prepare an affadavit to  sign showing income or lack of income as a substitute for paystubs.

5. If you can or are suing anyone or will be receiving a financial settlement check for any reason. We will need the case number and attorney address if any. ( car wrecks, insurance payments etc). Also if you have or will receive an inheritance I will need to know details including the value and type of property to be received.

6. If you are paying child support I will need your x spouses name and address and the address where the support is paid, if you are sending it to a state agency other than Alabama Department of Human Resources.

7. If you have not given us your last two years of tax returns please bring, mail, email or fax them to us within the next few days. If you do not have them they may be obtained in about 15 minutes for free by going to the IRS office located at 204 South Walnut Street Florence Al. 35630 or calling them at (256) 764-6731 and asking for your tax transcripts for the last two years or by going online at www.irs.gov/Individuals/get-transcript.  If you do get them online you may save the document as a PDF and email it to me if you wish at legal@smithbankruptcy.com. The IRS office is about 3 blocks from this office. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE YOUR TAX PREPARER EMAIL OR FAX THEM TO US.  Also, if you have not filed taxes and had taxable reported income please go file your last 4 years of taxes immediately because the case will be dismissed after the meeting of creditors if they are not filed. Also we can pay a company $15 to get them for you.

8.. Please provide one recent complete bank statement for any open checking and savings accounts in your name(s).

9.  PLEASE MAKE A LIST OF DEBTS THAT MAY NOT APPEAR ON YOUR CREDIT REPORTS AND SEND THEM TO US.   Please add an extra sheet of paper with the name and address of any debts that might not be on your credit reports. Examples: Pay Day Loans, Check Cashing Loans, Small Loan Companies, Title Loans, Debts made recently.  

9.B. Please also add information showing any child support you recieve, inheritances you expect to receive, potential recoveries from car wrecks or personal injury cases or Insurance settlements etc.

10. PLEASE SEND THE MOST RECENT STATEMENT FOR ANY REAL ESTATE OR AUTOMOBILES YOU HAVE TO US.

11. If you have a 401K loan on your wages please provide Balance owed $_____  Month____ & year ___of loan payoff. If you have a 2^nd 401K loan on your wages please provide Balance owed $______ Month____ & year ___of loan payoff.

12. To get the case filed I will need the following:   

CH 13____ $90  

CH7______$1325 or  $1076 +3 monthly  payments of  $83 . (payment plan avaliable)

Add $15 to above if we are ordering Tax Returns for you.

Thank you for contacting our office.

Sincerely

Damon Smith

Attorney at Law

The following language is required pursuant to Rule 7.2, Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct. No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers. We are a Debt Relief Agency. We help people file for Bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code. This web site is designed for general information only. The information presented at this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship.

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