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advice please

hi all

were do i start? well i started my own business a couple of years ago and it was going reasonably well during this time i aquired a small amount of personal debt (only paying ourselves a few hundred pounds a month the major reason) got married and began trying for a family great!

the business went into liquidation 3 months ago and left me with alot of debt most of which is on personal guarantees due to vehicle finance and a healthy overdraft from the bank, and also a number of credit cards which i paid for items for the business on and also my personal debt.

My wife is due to give birth in 3 weeks and is on maternity leave so income will be down for a few months now.

at the moment i dont know what to do. i have no way of being able to repay the money as the repayments are going to be far too much. my wife has a car which is hers not mine and we are in the process of selling our house and moving to a smaller house which will release a small amount of equity.

my main questions are bankruptcy, will i lose my house if there is no equity? will they take into account that 50% of the equity is my wifes?
will the repayments on an iva take into account providing for my wife and child.

hope this makes sense i feel like im babbling a bit

thankyou

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