Thank you Des for the timely answer. This will help us process our thoughts much better on what to do. You see, one of the main components to his being terminated from his employment stems from an anxiety disorder that he was under a doctors supervision and medications for, and I was concerned that this fear of going to jail and wrecking his plans of getting married would push him back into this. Also since he can not reach his lawyer over the weekend, he does not know what he intends to do if anything, if the judge throws the case out ,which seems to be a reasonable assumption, then can the lawyer then say that my son would be liable for compensation to him for his services because he also was unaware of the bankruptcy and its effect on the case. This will be a long weekend for him pondering what will happen next, going from thinking he may get something for his 12 years service, to wondering if in he honest efforts to right the ship, he would end up in jail, worse off than before this all took place. Obviously as a father I told him right off knowing his intent that it was unlikely that he would go to jail for his ignorant part in this situation, however I"m his dad, not the judge and I am just trying to help him any way I can. Again thanks for the answer you have given as it was some re-assurance that it may not be as bad as it seems to him right now. sincerely Will1