| Bankruptcy Law - Questions & Answers
Must I list all my creditors?
Yes, even debts owed to relatives
and friends and debts you intend to repay after
bankruptcy. If you intentionally omit a creditor
from your schedules, you have committed perjury.
However, sometimes a creditor is overlooked or
not known to exist at the time the schedules are
filed. Generally, you may amend your schedules
at any time during the bankruptcy proceeding to
add an additional creditor.
If you accidentally omit a creditor,
and the creditor does not otherwise learn about
your bankruptcy case in time to participate in
the proceeding, the debt owed to that creditor
might not be discharged.
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