Anaheim
Bankruptcy Attorneys

Bankruptcy Attorneys serving Anaheim

Anaheim residents who are looking to file bankruptcy can rely on the attorneys at Heston & Heston to help you get out of debt, avoid foreclosure, repossession, and all other creditor collection tactics.

Anaheim Bankruptcy Lawyers

About Anaheim

Anaheim is the most populated city in Orange County. Anaheim was founded by fifty German families in 1857 and has remained largely an agricultural community until Disneyland opened in 1955. This led to the construction of several hotels and motels around the area, and residential districts in Anaheim soon followed. The city also developed into an industrial center, producing electronics, aircraft parts and canned fruit. Anaheim is a charter city.

Anaheim’s city limits extend almost the full width of Orange County, from Cypress in the west, twenty miles east to the Riverside County line in the east, encompassing a diverse range of neighborhoods. In the west, mid-20th-century tract houses predominate. Downtown Anaheim has three mixed-use historic districts, the largest of which is the Anaheim Colony. South of downtown, a center of commercial activity of regional importance begins, the Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city, which stretches east and south into the cities of Orange, Santa Ana and Garden Grove.

Filing Bankruptcy
in Anaheim

Every bankruptcy case is unique and depends on not just your financial circumstances, but also where you live and conditions in your community.

Our attorneys have practiced all over Southern California and are familiar with local factors and how trustees view these cases.

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Our bankruptcy services:

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

If you do not qualify for a Chapter 7 or if you are facing a foreclosure or repossession, a Chapter 13 will allow you to restructure debts and receive a discharge of any remaining debts. Chapter 13 has many advantages of Chapter 7.

Business Bankruptcy

Businesses can file bankruptcy in order to cease operations and liquidate or restructure their debts to continue operating. Business owners can also file bankruptcy when their liability on debts is holding the business back.

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Federal Law in Anaheim

Why it matters where you live...

The Bankruptcy Code is federal law which is applied uniformly throughout the United States. So why would it be different for someone who lives in Anaheim?

The Bankruptcy Code can be thought of as a sponge that soaks up other laws to fill in the holes. For instance, the Bankruptcy Code states that all property that a person owns can become property of the bankruptcy estate. However, “property” and “ownership” are not defined in the Bankruptcy Code, so state law is used to determine these property rights. Another very important aspect of where the Bankruptcy Code can be different depending on where you live or have lived is exemptions.

A person filing in California will either use California’s own exemptions, the state exemptions of where they previously lived, or the federal exemptions provided in the Bankruptcy Code. The effect of this can be major – For example, the California homestead exemption is $300,000 to $600,000, whereas the homestead exemption in other states is as little as $0. The homestead exemption for Anaheim residents is currently $600,000.

Not only is California law applicable, but also city-level local policy, regulations, and property values play an important role in your bankruptcy case. For example, if the home values in Anaheim are increasing or decreasing, this would play a major factor in whether the trustee would seek to liquidate the property.

Heston & Heston has had the pleasure of representing many of Anaheim’s residents who have filed bankruptcy.

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