Bankruptcy Initial Evaluation

Please take about 30 minutes and fill out the requested information. Be as complete as you can. If you do not know the exact answer, use your best guess. Please be as complete as possible. If you do not know some answers, there is an option at the end to save the form and resume later.

Include spouse, children, and any other relatives or significant others. Do not include roommates.
This could be a college-aged child home for a summer, or a child that only lives with you some of the time.

Sources of Income:

List monthly income for you and your spouse

List self employed income for you and your spouse

Household income other than from employment

List income for you and your spouse.

Monthly Expenses:

Instructions for filling out monthly expenses:

  1. Below you will fill out the expenses for your household.  Usually, this will mean expenses for you, your spouse, and any children living in the house.  If you have a roommate and you share expenses, only list the expenses you pay.  If you are supporting another family member in your house, only list the expenses that you pay directly.  For example, if your mother has Social Security income and lives with you and she pays for all of her own prescriptions, do not list that.  If you buy her grocieries, do include that in your grocery total.
  2. If you have a mortgage with escrowed taxes and insurance (the mortgage company pays those expenses), do not list expenses for taxes and insurance.
  3. Do not list expenses deducted from your paycheck (for example - health insurance, retirement contributions, taxes, child support).
  4. For your utilities, use an average amount for the year.  Do not use the high amount you pay in winter or summer months.  If you have propane or heating oil expenses, divide your yearly total by 12.
  5. You will not enter amounts for unsecured debts.  We will address that separately.
  6. If you have expenses that you think we should know about but don't fit in the prepopulated box, there is a separate box to type any explanation.

Home

Utilities

Personal Expenses

Medical/Medical Insurance

Taxes/Life Insurance

This is not what you pay on back taxes. If you always owe at the end of the year, enter 1/12 of that amount. If you pay quarterly taxes, enter a monthly amount.
For example: disability or long-term care insurance

Vehicles

Lease or loan payments
Lease or loan payments
Parking/Rideshare/Bus fees
RV's, trailers, ATV's

Family/Other

license fees, continuing education fees, professional insurance

Other Income & Expenses - Additional Information

Income & Expense Summary (calculated):

This could be a vehicle that you have with a loan, or a vehicle without a loan, including buy-here-pay-here loans. Include automobiles, motorcycles, atv's, and trailers.