Hayhoe, Celia RayGoebel, Karen P.2014-08-122014-08-122009-05-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49771When you have incurred more debt than you think you can reasonably repay, bankruptcy may be a way to debt relief. Filing for bankruptcy, however, brings long-term consequences for your credit rating. This is an overview of those benefits and consequences of bankruptcy.6 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Family Financial ManagementExtension publicationhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/354/354-045/354-045_pdf.pdfBankruptcyFamiliesMoney management