To Have and to Hyphenate: The Marriage Name Game. Correction Appended. WHEN I first met my husband-to-be at a publishing party several years ago, he glanced at my name tag and saw Kismet. Actually he saw ''Peterson,'' but it was the opening gambit he was searching for. ''We have almost the same name,'' he announced in a British-sounding accent.
Under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, bankruptcies can be reported for 10 years from the filing date (not the discharge date, which comes later). However, all three major credit reporting agencies will remove Chapter 13 bankruptcies seven years from the date the case was filed.
1 In general, the public record of a bankruptcy can stay on your credit report for 10 years. 2  However, you may see individual accounts in the bankruptcy, such as credit accounts, fall off of your report seven years and 180 days from the start of the delinquency on the account.ositive information. Accounts paid as agreed will generally stay on your credit report for up to 10 years from the date of last activity. If youâve paid off your mortgage, for example, that positive information can stay on your credit report for up to a decade from the accountâs date of last activity.