Bankruptcy Myth 12
I'll be humiliated. . . Everyone will know I have filed.
Unless you are a famous public figure, the chances are excellent that only the trustee, your creditors and you will know you filed. While bankruptcy is a matter of public record, it is not readily accessible using standard internet searches. The number of persons filing bankruptcy every day is so large and the topic is so boring that the news media has little interest in publishing it. Keep the information to yourself if you don’t want others to know.
