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Your Madison bankruptcy attorney can protect up to $40,000 in equity in your house.

Your Legal Helpers Madison bankruptcy attorney can use the Wisconsin homestead exemption to protect your home equity. This exemption cannot protect a rental property or a house you are not living in. As an experienced financial professional, your Madison bankruptcy attorney also knows that the use of this exemption can limit the amount of other exemptions you can use.

Visit your Madison bankruptcy attorney for a free consultation. He can learn about your situation and make the best recommendations. Working with your Legal Helpers Madison bankruptcy attorney, you will be able to find the best ways to protect your property. The reasonable fees charged by your bankruptcy attorney can save you money and hours of worry.

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Here are just a few of the Wisconsin exemptions a Madison bankruptcy attorney may apply to your case.

Motor Vehicle Exemption -- A Wisconsin bankruptcy lawyer can use this exemption to protect $2,775 in value of any one motor vehicle listed in your bankruptcy. Additionally, if you file bankruptcy with a spouse we can use both vehicle exemptions to protect up to $5,550 in vehicle equity as long as both you and your spouse are on the title.

Personal Household Goods Exemption -- This bankruptcy exemption protects your interest in various personal items such as your clothing and personal heirlooms and furniture. We can protect $9,300 if you are a single person, or $18,600 if married.

Qualified Retirement Plan Exemption - We can exempt anything from stock bonuses, pensions, profit sharing plans and annuities as long as your savings are in a qualified retirement plan.

Tools of the Trade, Professional Books Exemption -- This useful exemption protects up to $1,750 of the tools you use in your profession, $3,500 if married.

Worker's Compensation Exemption -- In Wisconsin, workers' compensation cases are 100% exempt. If you are injured while working then that is money you deserve and creditors will be prevented from reaching those funds.

Wildcard Exemption; (Any Personal Property of Debtor) -- Last, but probably most important of the exemptions is the Wildcard Exemption. Using the Wildcard Exemption in your case, Legal Helpers can protect up to $9,650 of any type of personal property, and $19,300 if married. We can protect anything you own that has equity in excess of the above exemptions, including real estate, up to the above limits.

At Legal Helpers, we help more than 10,000 Americans discharge millions of dollars in debt every year. With over 25 convenient locations and sponsoring lawyers throughout the United States we have the qualifications to help you get out of debt. At Legal Helpers there are no hidden lawyers' fees. If you need your case filed quickly due to a garnishment, foreclosure or threat of repossession, we may be able to file your case almost immediately and offer you a payment plan tailored to your situation.

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