San Benito, TX Bankruptcy Law Firms & Lawyers

As long as she is not on the Property title, you can not be held liable. If there are marital debts that you will be responsible for, and they obtain judgments, they could put a lien on the new property. Make sure you have representation for your matrimonial, and advise that counsel of her intention to file.

To have the bankruptcy information removed from your credit report, you need to submit a dispute to the credit bureaus who are currently reporting that information. The dismissal paperwork that you should have received from the court and/or your bankruptcy attorney will serve as proof that you in fact did not receive a bankruptcy discharge and simply filed a petition for bankruptcy protection that was later dismissed. Your written disputes should be sumitted to the credit bureaus at the addresses found on their websites (they generally have a contact us tab on their websites). They will have 30 days to investigate your claim and update the information, so the change to your credit information may not happen over night, so the sooner you get this information corrected, the better. 

The fate of your vehicle would depend upon the amount of equity that you have in the vehicle. You do not indicate the car's value, so I cannot do the math for you, but in a great many instances a New York resident can exempt up to $16,000.00 equity in a vehicle, due to the generous federal wildcard exemption. You should contact experienced bankruptcy counsel to discuss this matter.