Jill A. Chafin is a personal finance writer specializing in transforming tough financial topics into easy-to-understand content with actionable steps. Prior to her role at Forbes Advisor, she wrote ...

Bankruptcy is one of those topics that nobody wants to become an expert in, but sometimes you have no choice. The good news is that compared to 2021, there have been fewer bankruptcies in the U.S. in ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. The decision to file bankruptcy is a heady one, but then there is the question of which type of bankruptcy to file. You have ...