Emergency & Electronic Petitions

You have just received a notice from the sheriff that you are being sued for foreclosure, or worse yet, that your home is to be sold at a sheriff's sale. Or perhaps, the sheriff has levied on your bank account. Maybe he has even been to your home and inventories your property. Perhaps you are in business and the sheriff has seized your inventory. What if a "repo" man has just taken your car? Can anything be done?

This office has been certified to file electronically in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern & Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, The District of New Jersey as well as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey.  We have been doing this since April 2003. What this means is that cases can be filed in a matter of minutes. No mail, no courier, no Fedex, no wait. New cases are filed over the internet. Case numbers are received in seconds. This is important because once a case number is received, sheriff sales are stayed and your home is saved. It is no longer necessary to receive a stamped copy of the bankruptcy petition. trained in getting cases filed promptly. This is also important if you need to get a recently repossessed vehicle returned.

There are certain caveats though:

1. You still need to complete credit counseling in most cases.  Fortunately this can be done over the internet.

2. If you have filed before, the automatic stay may not come into effect, or you may need to file a motion to continue it past 30 days. 

Therefore, please check with your attorney (or this office if you are retaining us) first.

You can "get the ball rolling" by pre-filling this interview sheet, but it is strongly recommended that you make an appointment first.  If you do not, you will lose valuable and irreplaceable time.

An . Please note the form is in Adobe PDF format. Get your free adobe PDF reader here

Please do not be misled: Use of these forms does not constitute an electronic filing. Only this office or a qualified attorney can do this.

Please note that the use of these forms does not create an attorney/client relationship. We must agree to take your case before any representation begins. This includes an agreement on legal fees. Please also note that we now accept payments for legal fees through the internet using Paypal as well as Mastercard, Visa or American Express.  U.S. Bankruptcy law prohibits charging a bankruptcy to any credit card of the debtor.  This means that although a debt card may be used, this office will not accept the use of the debtor's charge account to file.  If, however, you have permission to use some else's charge card (who is not filing bankruptcy) you may allow that non-filing person to put it on their Mastercard, Visa or American Express. Additionally, use of the forms will not stop a sheriff sale, nor will they afford you any type of legal relief whatsoever. When you use these forms you are simply preparing information to give to this office or an attorney that you choose later.