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Yes. All assets, must be disclosed to the trustee. Any and all form of payments received within 60 days of the filing must be disclosed, along with disclosure of ownership of any interests in any and all real property, and personal property. In additional, all checking/savings/retirement/savings/trust accounts must be disclosed, and tax returns must be turned over as well. Nondisclosure of any asset will be found out by the Court appointed Trustee and may lead to the dismissal of your case, and/or penalties, or worse.

Yes, the first 3 stimulus payments made are protected from bankruptcy trustees, as well as the child tax-credits. The reason is that these stimulus payments and tax credits were passed by Congress to help Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic and should not be touched by a bankruptcy trustee. It should be made clear that not only can the trustee not touch these stimulus payments and tax credits, but also, they cannot be counted towards computing your current monthly income.

Under California law, the meal and rest break laws only apply to non-exempt employees. Independent contractors are not covered under the meal and rest break laws discussed on this page or site.

You should report your injury to the employer so that there is a paper trail of the injury, and so the employer is put on notice of your claim. If you do not report your injury within 30 days after the injury, they may try to deny you benefits. There may be certain exceptions to this, such as when your employer already knew of the injury, but best practice is to report your claim.