If you meet the requirements imposed by this law, you can start the process. First, a phase called the Out-of-Court Payment Agreement Phase begins. In this, an attempt will be made to reach an agreement with the creditors, making a payment plan, reducing part of the debt and lengthening the payment terms. Although the phase is extrajudicial, the agreement will be supervised by a Judge and on certain occasions there will be a bankruptcy mediator who will organize the meetings and mediate between the parties.
If no agreement is reached, the next phase is called Consecutive Contest. In this phase, a lawsuit is filed for the Court to declare the insolvency of the natural person. The judge will appoint a bankruptcy mediator who will proceed to the liquidation of the debtor’s assets and once these have been settled, or if there were none, will dictate the end of the competition due to insufficient assets and will proceed to exonerate the rest of the debt.