Dempsey Foster Online Bankruptcy Intake
  • Dempsey Foster Online Bankruptcy Intake

    At Dempsey Foster, every potential case or attorney-client relationship starts with a consultation. This one-hour initial consultation can be conducted in person, over the phone, or via video call. We do charge a $200 fee for this consultation. Completing this form does not form an attorney-client relationship.
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  • In order to know what state's law protects your property, we must know if you have lived in Idaho (or Malheur County, Oregon) for the last two, full, consecutive years. (With no breaks, even short ones, living in other states in that time.) In the last two full years, how long have you lived in Idaho (or Malheur County Oregon)?
  • Will your spouse be filling bankruptcy with you? (Whether or not your spouse is filing with you, please answer all the questions in the remainder of this questionnaire to include any money or property your spouse owns.)
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  • How soon would you like to file your bankruptcy?
  • Have you or your spouse been unemployed 5 or more years of the last 10
  • Do you or your spouse have a disability or chronic injury which limits the ability to work?
  • Is the gross amount of any paycheck from wages/salary that you or your spouse receive more than $2500 per paycheck?
  • Is any part of your wages (or your spouse's wages) related to a commission or regular bonus?
  • In the last three years, my family's income has come from the following (check all that apply):

  • Do you own your own business or have an ownership interest in someone else's business?
  • Have you (or your current spouse) been divorced within the last 10 years?
  • Were you assigned debts to pay in the divorce?
  • Are you contemplating or currently involved with a divorce?
  • Have you been sued by any of your creditors?

  • If you have been sued, has it been more than 21 days since you were served those papers?
  • Are you being garnished or levied? (check all that apply)

  • Are you involved with, contemplating, or have any right to bring a lawsuit against anyone yourself?
  • Do you have any of the following retirement accounts (check all that apply)

  • Have you contributed money to any retirement accounts within the last 10 years, OTHER than amounts withheld from your wages?
  • What is your living situation?

  • Are you behind at all on your mortgage/rent?

  • Have foreclosure or eviction proceedings been started against you?

  • Other than a mortgage, are you aware of any liens against you personally or your property? (This might include judgment liens, mechanic's liens, medical indigent fund liens, HOA liens, tax liens, etc.)

  • Other than your home, do you own any other real estate? (Rentals, cabins, bare ground, timeshares, you have been added to the deed of someone else's property, etc.)

  • In the last four years, have you done any of the following with respect to your real estate (check all that apply):

  • Are you behind on any payments on any vehicle you own?
  • In order to protect an on-street vehicle (such as a car, truck, street motorcycle, or motorhome) in bankruptcy it must be registered, insured, street legal, current on any required emissions testing, and currently operational. Do all of your on-street vehicles qualify?
  • In the last four years, have you done any of the following with respect to your vehicle(s)? (check all that apply)

  • Other than real estate or vehicles, do you have any other secured property (that is, property that could be repossessed if you stopped making payments)? Examples often include furniture, heat pumps, Kirby vacuums, etc.
  • Would you like to keep this additional security property (other than houses/cars)?
  • Do you owe secured debts to the same financial institution where you owe unsecured debts? (For example, have a car loan and a credit card with the same bank or similar circumstance.)
  • Do you currently have any items in pawn?
  • Are you the beneficiary of any trust?
  • Do you think you might receive an inheritance or life insurance payment within the next year?
  • Have you done any of the following with respect to any of your property within the last four years? (check all that apply)

  • Do you own stocks, bonds, bitcoin or similar accounts, or other investments outside of a retirement account?
  • Are you current on filing all your tax returns?
  • Have you filed your 2025 taxes?

  • Are expecting a refund when you file your 2026 taxes next year?
  • Are you expecting student loan disbursements made to you in the next six months?
  • Have you done any of the following with your money within the last two years (check all that apply)

  • Does any person or business owe you any money?
  • Do you owe any money to your bank (personal lines of credit, overdrafts, credit cards, car loans, etc.)?
  • Are any of the following additional people are on your bank account? (check all that apply)

  • Are you on anyone else's bank account (on parent's account, child's, unmarried partner, etc.)
  • In the last four years, have you lived with an unmarried partner who is not your current spouse?

  • In the last four years, have you paid to have property that you do not own repaired, replaced, or improved?
  • In the last four years, have you made payments on any debts that you do not owe?
  • In the last four years have you paid educational expenses (such as college tuition) for an adult other than your spouse or yourself? This including payments related to your child's education if that child is over 18.
  • In the last four years, have you made payments on property not titled in your name (for example, payments on houses, cars, or other property owned by your unmarried partner, child, family member, friend, etc.)
  • In the last four years, have you paid anyone else's debt, bills, or expenses for them (other than those of spouse/minor children). This includes paying the debts, bills or regular expenses of unmarried partners, adult children, family, friends, or others
  • Have you borrowed money from family or friends in the last four years?
  • In the last year, have you worked with any debt relief/debt consolidation service?
  • What types of debt do you have? (check all that apply)

  • Please check any of the following that apply regarding cosigned debts (not including debts you have with a spouse):

  • If you have student loans, did you graduate?
  • If you have student loans, is your school now closed?
  • If your spouse has student loans, did they graduate?
  • If your spouse has student loans, is their school now closed?
  • Have you used any credit in the last six months? (credit cards, personal loans, payday loans, title loans, refinances, purchases on credit, purchase of a car or home, etc.)
  • Have you made any credit card balance transfers in the last six months?
  • How many creditors do you estimate that you owe money to?
  • How did you hear about Dempsey Foster?

  • Have you already called us to schedule your free consultation?
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