 TITLE: What to Know About Filing Bankruptcy CONTENT: Keep Track of Your Credit During the Process\n--------------------------------------------\nBecause declaring bankruptcy can affect your credit history and ability to do certain things in the future, it's important to monitor your credit scores during the process and as you work on recovering from the ordeal.\nAs you do so, watch how certain actions affect your credit scores and look out for potential errors and negative information that might influence your score negatively. If you do find something that doesn't belong on your credit report, dispute it with the credit reporting agencies.\nAs you keep track of your credit score during and after bankruptcy, you'll learn better how to improve it over time and keep it in a good place going forward. END