… in the Associated Press, the rise in job loss and foreclosures may be causing an increase in domestic violence nationwide.

The article said: “Our children and families are suffering,” said Alane Fagin, who runs a nonprofit group called Child Abuse Prevention Services. “With more layoffs expected, the threat of foreclosure looming over so many and our savings disappearing, even the best parents can feel stressed out and overwhelmed.”

In a nationwide survey, 88 percent …

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Domestic abuse on the rise in Dallas-Fort Worth Area

Even under the best of circumstances, things happen that can strain the best of marriages.  The recession hasn’t helped the strain.   Most news reports focus on debt relief as some type of numbers game…what you have to do to get out of debt and a bottom line analysis of your personal budget.  But keep in mind, that a high debt …

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… abuse the Dallas Morning News article gave the following good advice:

Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 to learn about affordable housing, emergency assistance funds or utility or rent assistance.

Watch your credit report to see whether anyone has opened credit in your name. For a free annual credit report, go to www.annualcreditreport.com or call 877-322-8228. You can also contact the three credit bureaus (but there may be a fee for the report): Equifax, …

… said McGregor, who is 49 and divorced. “It wasn’t drug-related or because of alcohol or domestic violence. Mine was just pure and simple mismanagement and not being prepared. I’ve always worked. I thought I had a pretty good job.”

Being prepared is absolutely essential to keep yourself afloat financially.  Life is full of surprises, job losses, foreclosures, sudden illness etc.  To prevent these inevitable emergencies from sinking you financially you must find out how you …

… break a lease if their home has been the scene of a crime. Currently that’s allowed in cases of domestic violence.

Twenty-two percent of Texas foreclosures involve investment properties, many of them rentals. Currently, some renters who have been victims of foreclosure find that they have little time and no money to move. Any legislation passed to protect renters facing foreclosure needs to include some type of financial compensation especially if the renter is given less than 60 days …

According to an article in the Star-Telegram , a 67-year-old railroad retiree is dead after confronting a repo man attempting to tow away his vehicle at 2:30 in the morning.

The article said:

Alone in his mobile home off a winding dirt road, Jimmy Tanks heard a commotion at 2:30 a.m. just outside his bedroom window: Somebody was messing with his car.

The 67-year-old railroad retiree …

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… how their bankruptcy proceeds.  One of those special circumstances is the obligation to pay domestic support to a former spouse or child. For the purposes of bankruptcy, domestic support obligation is defined as money that must be paid to 1) a spouse, former spouse, or child of the debtor or such child’s parent, legal guardian, or responsible relative; or 2) a governmental unit like a state collection bureau.

Below are some real life examples of what a support obligation looks like. …

Parking Co. of America Airports LLC, which is one of the largest domestic off-site airport parking businesses in the United States, has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to sell the company after sales were negatively impacted by the battered airline industry.  Parking Co. of America’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing listed the company’s assets at $94 million and its debt obligations at $233 million as of September 30, 2009.   Its parent company, …

According to an article at ABC News, the foreclosure crisis has just taken an ugly and violent turn as two mortgage loan agents claim that they were attacked, tortured and robbed by disgruntled homeowners facing foreclosure.

The article said:

“A California couple and three accomplices were charged in the case. They are accused of beating and torturing the two loan-modification …

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… tell a different story.

The article said:

“The government releases third-quarter Gross Domestic Product figures on Thursday. Many forecasters say they will show GDP growing at an annual rate of about 3 percent, validating a widely held belief among economists that the recession ended in June or July. But try telling that to the more than 15 million still unemployed, the small businesses and individuals who can’t get loans and the people whose homes are worth less than their …

… tell a different story.

The article said:

“The government releases third-quarter Gross Domestic Product figures on Thursday. Many forecasters say they will show GDP growing at an annual rate of about 3 percent, validating a widely held belief among economists that the recession ended in June or July. But try telling that to the more than 15 million still unemployed, the small businesses and individuals who can’t get loans and the people whose homes are worth less than their …

… Southwest Airlines Co. United plus its regional partners flew 44.3 percent of Denver’s domestic passengers in July, versus 24.8 percent for Frontier and 15.2 percent for Southwest, according to the airport.”

But after emerging from bankruptcy, Frontier may have just enough financial edge to compete against the big boys in the Denver market. Frontier’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy has allowed it to decrease debt, renegotiate labor contracts and escape from agreements that were less …