Bankruptcy for Beginners: 5 Things to Know
A basic and precise definition of bankruptcy is a legal debt relief tool that lets all or some debt owed by an individual be forgiven after meeting certain criteria.
Benjamin Tejes
Benjamin Tejes is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ascend, a free resource with bankruptcy and debt relief calculators to help people understand their bankruptcy and debt relief options with unbiased information. His passion to help people get and stay out of debt started in his childhood when he saw firsthand the effects of the stress of debt. When he's not working, Benjamin enjoys going on adventures with his wife and four young daughters in the Bay Area, California.