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ChatGPT is a powerful tool, capable of giving consumers a wealth of useful information -- or a bunch of malarky if you don't use it carefully.
In this article, we'll share with you the prompts that work best for researching bankruptcy and debt and credit law and procedure that applies to Egg Harbor City, NJ.
We can't guarantee you'll get accurate results, but we're pretty sure that if you copy and paste these prompts into ChatGPT 4.0, you'll get useful results to speed up your research.
The prompts are grouped by "use cases,"... that is, situations you might want to research.
AI Prompts for Local Bankruptcy & Debt Procedures
Here's a starter set of prompts that we believe will yield useful results for your location.
We offer prompts about:
- Foreclosure procedures in New Jersey
- Wage Garnishment Procedures
- Processes for attachment or removal of liens from property, and the procedures for how to "perfect" a lien, and how to follow local procedures to look for defects in liens that may be on your property.
This article assumes you have read the articles on this site about the possible shortcomings of ChatGPT and how to check the responses that ChatGPT gives you.
If you're using ChatGPT, it assumes you pay the $20 monthly required to use ChatGPT 4.0. We do not recommend using the free version 3.5 for legal research because it is too unreliable. Version 4.0 is different and is still not perfect but 10X better.
In our experiments, these prompts yielded useful, correct responses in most cases. And that’s worth a lot.
And with some checking, you can improve those odds and learn if the law has been updated.
Using ChatGPT, and checking its results with other online research tools, can make it a very reliable way to learn about state and local debt and credit laws and procedures quickly.
ChatGPT 4.0 Prompts About
Wage Garnishment Procedures New Jersey
- PROMPT (WORKS WELL):
What steps must a creditor take in New Jersey to garnish a debtor's wages? Provide citations for each step. What are the limits on it?- If your wages have been garnished, this prompt will give you some idea of why it happened and what you can do about it. Always check the citations to see if anything has changed. And read closely what it says about limits, because you may be able to raise some defenses.
- Try this prompt on:
Perplexity.ai Google Gemini ChatGPT4Claude.ai
Dealing with Liens: "Perfecting" and Removing / Expunging
- PROMPT:
What is the process for perfecting a lien in Atlantic County, New Jersey? Describe the process, step by step and provide citations for each step.- Try this prompt on:
Perplexity.ai Google Gemini ChatGPT4Claude.ai - If a lien is not properly perfected and you can sometimes get rid of them in bankruptcy if your homestead exemption has priority.
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- PROMPT:
How do I get a mechanics lien removed from property in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Describe the procedure step by step, and provide citations for each step.- Try this prompt on:
Perplexity.ai Google Gemini ChatGPT4Claude.ai - If you discover that your inherited property has a lien on it, you can find out the steps for getting it removed by using this prompt.
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New Jersey Laws and Procedures about Foreclosure
If you're wondering about foreclosure, you may be wondering about the timeline in your state. You can find out a lot using the following prompts.
- PROMPT:
How does the foreclosure process work in Atlantic County, New Jersey? How long does it take from start to finish? Is there a right to cure? Describe the process step by step with citations for each step. And describe the common defenses to foreclosure in New Jersey.- Try this prompt on:
Perplexity.ai Google Gemini ChatGPT4Claude.ai - This prompt should yield a good detailed description of relevant state laws, procedures, and documents and will give you a solid foundation to launch your further online research on Google, CaseText, etc.
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ChatGPT 4.0 Prompts for How Bankruptcy Works in New Jersey
Bankruptcy Procedure
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- Still to come... Check back soon.
Descriptions of Relevant New Jersey and Federal Exemption Laws
Public Benefits
- PROMPT:
Does New Jersey have an exemption for public benefits?Does New Jersey have a bankruptcy exemption for the Earned Income Tax Credit? Please provide citations.- Try this prompt on:
Perplexity.ai Google Gemini ChatGPT4Claude.ai
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Homestead
- PROMPT:
Does New Jersey have a homestead bankruptcy exemption? What is the citation, and what are its limits? Do I need to file anything to claim it or is it automatic?- Try this prompt on:
Perplexity.ai Google Gemini ChatGPT4Claude.ai
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ChatGPT Prompts That Don’t Work (Don’t bother trying to search case law)
We threw a few home run prompts at ChatGPT, and it couldn’t deliver. Too bad. It would be awesome if it could.
For now, you have to use a paid service available to lawyers to get answers to prompts like this.
For now, though, it's not reliable to try to ask about case law with the free AI tools that are out there. Hallucinations are far too common. AI systems seem to love to make up case law that does not exist. It's best to stick to questions of procedure which are not in dispute.
Student Loan Case Law
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PROMPT(DOESN’T WORK):
How have the bankruptcy judges in New Jersey District Bankruptcy Court ruled on Student Loan Undue Hardship cases?.- This prompt is designed to determine whether you should try to discharge your student loan in bankruptcy if you live in Atlantic County, New Jersey, which is part of the New Jersey District Bankruptcy Court.