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[jomei69]

Recently, I was served by my county Sheriff regarding my previous use of a credit card. My income has decreased so I fell behind on payments to the point where I couldn't make payments. I went to a lawyer previously and he was interested in jewelry, computer, etc. One lawyer wanted the imitation fur coat off of my mother's back. What is the bankruptcy law in Georgia? What can they take?

[weiford]

No. The lawyer should not TAKE anything from your house. If he or she does, report the attorney to the Georgia State Bar.

However, the lawyer will need you to LIST every item that you own in order to correctly file the bankruptcy documents. If the lawyer was asking about these things, it was probably in order to correctly create the bankruptcy paperwork.

[boyce]

If you paid for such items via credit card and did not pay the credit card company, it may be possible in some circumstances to repossess the items not paid for. If you told the attorneys you had no money to pay them, they might have been willing to consider a barter arrangement for goods in lieu of fees, but this seems rather strange, quite unusual. The bankruptcy court can force you to sell (or possibly return) luxury items to pay off your creditors, and jewelry, etc, certainly qualify as luxury items!