Re: Self-Help Legal, Financial and Tax Planning Books

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From: Mike Scher
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 00:00

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Zzelph (zzelph@aol.com) wrote:
: I watched a real estate agent walk into Bankruptcy Court earlier this week
: with a "self-help" legal book.  It was her mandatory meeting of creditors
: and on the stand when under the examination of the Trustee, she disclosed
: the fact that she had conveyed several pieces of property to her father
: prior to filing.  Then, as the Trustee explained to her that he had the
: power to set those transfers aside, she slowly broke down and started to
: cry.  I wonder if she was still glad she had saved the cost of hiring a
: bankruptcy lawyer. 

Oops.  That's why those self-help books come with such STIFF disclaimers.

 . . . and why the "practice guides" aimed at attorneys cost shockingly 
large anmounts by comparison (but still have disclaimers).

      -Mike

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From: strange@tezcat.com (Mike Scher)
Subject: Re: Self-Help Legal, Financial and Tax Planning Books
Date: 1995/09/02
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