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Bankruptcy petition means, when a debtor applies to declare the bankruptcy to the court. It’s always advisable to discuss about bankruptcy with your lawyers as well as the experts because it gives you a long term negative results.

Bankruptcy petition is a small part of the process of bankruptcy. If court allows petition, your property and assets will be sold off and the money will be distributed to the creditors according to their debts. But still people have so many questions about this term what exactly it is?

Any one can apply for the bankruptcy petition through court. Court charges some fee with the application, if applicant is not able to afford the fee, he/she can negotiate with the court and pay it in small installments. Applicant has to undergo credit counseling provided by the court before filing for bankruptcy petition. It is the process to make sure that applicant knows all the advantages and disadvantages about it.

After completing all the procedure, applicant has to submit the list of all creditors, property, assets and recent financial statements to court. If court found applicant income below the median of the financial statement, then applicant will not be allowed to file bankruptcy for chapter 13.