Chapter 7, or straight insolvency, is what most people normally think of as personal bankruptcy. In Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy, a debtor's non-exempt assets are liquidated or sold and the profits are used to pay towards unsecured financial obligations (charge card, loans, medical costs, and so on). In the frustrating majority of cases, however, people do not lose any property which indicates unsecured creditors get nothing. At the end of the personal bankruptcy, roughly 3-4 months after filing, the financial obligations are discharged and the lender can never gather on the financial obligation.