IndyBar will be offering free wills to Indy-area residents who cannot afford an attorney on Tuesday, November 10. This offering was originally being offered exclusively to veterans in conjunction with Veteran’s Day; however, we have a few openings still available so we are opening the opportunity up to all residents subject to meeting financial requirements at 150% of the Federal Poverty guidelines.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana is proposing edits to its local rules and to the Chapter 13 plan form, to be effective December 1, 2020.

As 2020 ticks to a close, IndyBar sections and divisions are in the process of evaluating their committee rosters and determining vacancies for 2021. Now is the perfect time to indicate your interest in serving on a committee. While space is limited, every effort will be made to involve anyone expressing interest in some capacity.

The Business Law Section recently hosted a program covering drafting and negotiating remedies provisions in commercial contracts. Here are the things you should remember.

Which creditors to pay? This doesn’t seem that tough a question to most folks. You’ll pay the creditors you need to keep your doors open and delay paying the ones who may let you slide or are just not that vigilant when you are past due. Well, an important different analysis will likely lead to different priorities.

Lenders, particularly those that are not conventional banks, should proceed carefully when entering into and executing upon loan modification or workout discussions. An innocent or well-intended email or phone call could come back to haunt you.

The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or HEROES Act is proposed legislation acting as a $3 trillion stimulus package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and is intended to supplement the earlier CARES Act stimulus package. Although a potential boom for struggling Americans, the HEROES Act is a bane to creditor’s rights and debt collection.

The nomination period has begun for the 2021 Board of Directors of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and Kelley Johnson of the Law Office of Kelley J. Johnson LLP  has been appointed to chair the effort. Johnson, who is a past president of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation, will lead a committee of members in selecting a slate of officers for the coming year.

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Appellate, Bankruptcy, Civil, and Criminal Rules circulated to the bench, bar and public proposed amendments to their respective rules.

Many schools throughout the Indianapolis area have chosen to push back their start dates or have an all virtual start, and it's possible that local or state officials will eventually mandate that all schools follow suit. This fall will bring even more uncertainty into our lives as we send our children back to school. So, what is a working parent to do?