Learn four ways to stop debt collectors, and understand your rights when collection agencies contact you.

June Fletcher advises one reader on how to prove their creditworthiness after filing for bankruptcy in the past.

Brett Arends discusses what filing for personal bankruptcy really means for you, your assets, family and future.

A former freelance writer for Lenny Dykstra's Players Club weighs in on the former baseball stars bankruptcy filing.

Kelly Greene covers why a pension plan at a company in bankruptcy, if not fully funded, may see reductions. Know your rights.

If you're relying on a retirement plan from a company that's going bankrupt, don't worry; pension assets can't be extracted by creditors to pay off debt.

As a result of Vallejo, CA using bankruptcy inappropriately, state legislators are pushing a bill that would require municipalities seeking Chapter 9 bankruptcy to first get approval from a state commission -- legislation that would only further fiscally punish a state dealing with a $21 billion budget deficit.

Expected objections being amassed to Chrysler's widespread dealer closings are unlikely to have any real effect.

Kelly Greene discusess federal protections of 401k and other retirement savings plans.

Facing bankruptcy, GM reinvents company, shutting down more plants in preparation to rid itself of Pontiac and appeal to Obama's auto task force.