Buda, TX Bankruptcy Law Firms & Lawyers

You under an obligation to review your bankruptcy petition and ensure that all creditors are listed. It is not your attorneys fault that your car lease was not included. That being said, you must file a motion to reopen your case if it has been closed, file an amendment to the bankruptcy petition adding your car lender, and filing motion to assume the lease. This may or may not work considering there is a deadline within which you must assume or reject your leases. My office would charge $2500 for the service. You may be better off to simply continue to pay your lease payments and if the car company attempts to repossess you can sue in state court since you're not in default of the agreement.

The auto accident debt should generally be treated as any other unsecured debt that can be discharged under Chapter 7, unless you were driving drunk at the time of the accident. There's a special provision of the bankruptcy code that prevents discharge of debt incurred because of drunk driving.