I saw a client this week who insisted that his tenant’s debt to him survived the bankruptcy “because it was listed on Schedule G”. The debtor “explained” to my client that Schedule G was the list of debts the debtor didn’t seek to discharge.

Get your legal advice from your adversary, your brother in law or the internet and be prepared to get a surprise. Schedule G is not a list of debts the debtor wants to continue paying on; it’s a list of executory contracts and unexpired leases. The debtor’s obligation for each of those debts is discharged just as the debts listed on Schedule F.

The fund of information in our world is immense, and more accessible with the advent of the internet. Not all of that information , however, is equally reliable. If anything important to you rides on the information you seek, seek out a lawyer for some input. Free legal advice can be really costly, and the cost of a lawyer to fix the situation is usually far greater than the cost of getting it right the first time.