Before you file for bankruptcy you need to take a credit counseling course that has been approved for Maryland bankruptcy filers.
Once you complete the course you will receive a certificate that you must file along with your bankruptcy petition.
You are not required to take the Maryland credit counseling if you are on active military duty in a combat zone or you are physically or mental impaired to such an extent that you cannot fulfill the credit counseling requirement.
If you attempt to fulfill the requirement, and cannot before you are compelled to file bankruptcy, you may petition the court to take the course after you file.
Here is a list of US Trustee approved Maryland pre-bankruptcy credit counseling services:
Hummingbird Credit Counseling and Education, Inc.
3737 Glenwood Avenue
Suite 100
Raleigh, NC 27612
800-645-4959
Business URL: www.hbcce.org
InCharge Debt Solutions
5750 Major Blvd
Suite 300
Orlando, FL 32819
866-729-0049
Business URL: www.PersonalFinancialEducation.com
Integrity Consumer Services, Limited
20 Brown Thrasher Run
Oxford, GA 30054
770-715-6385
Business URL: www.integrityconsumerservices.com
Money Management International, Inc.
14141 Southwest Freeway
Suite 1000
Sugar Land, TX 77478-3494
(877) 964-2227
Business URL: www.moneymanagement.org
MoneySharp Credit Counseling Inc.
1916 N. Fairfield Avenue
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60647
866-200-6825
Business URL: www.moneysharp.org
Mpowered
2009 Wadsworth Blvd.
Suite #100
Lakewood, CO 80214
303-233-2773
Business URL: www.mpoweredcolorado.org
National Financial Literacy Foundation, Inc.
555 Winderley Place
Suite 300
Maitland, FL 32751
877-380-6353
Business URL: www.learnfinances.org
No Limits Community Development Corporation
3203 Benjamin E. Mays Drive
Atlanta, GA 30311
678-973-2739
Business URL: www.CCR-Atlanta.org
PFG Credit Counseling, Inc.
55 E. Monroe Street
Suite # 3400
Chicago, IL 60603
312-499-6201
Business URL: http://ccert.pfged.com/
Rural Dynamics, Inc.
2022 Central Avenue
Great Falls, MT 59401
877-275-2227
Business URL: www.cccsmt.org
Rushmore Consumer Credit Resource Center
2310 N. Maple Avenue
Rapid City, SD 57701
800-348-4550
Business URL: www.cccsbh.com
Springboard Nonprofit Consumer Credit Management, Inc.
4351 Latham Street
Riverside, CA 92501
951-781-0114
Business URL: www.bkhelp.org
Stand Sure Credit Counseling, a/k/a Biblical Financial Concepts, Inc.
406 5th Street North
Suite 1
Oneonta, AL 35121
877-240-1398
Business URL: www.biblicalfinancialconcepts.org
The Kingdom Ministries, Inc.
6094 Apple Tree Drive
Suite 5
Memphis, TN 38115
901-552-5131
Business URL: www.thekingdomministries.com
The Mesquite Group, Inc.
600 Six Flags Drive
Suite 400
Arlington, TX 76011
817-769-4069
Business URL: www.themesquitegroup.org
Urgent Credit Counseling, Inc.
219 SW Stark Street
Suite 200
Portland, OR 97204
866-233-1940
Business URL: www.urgentco.com
