Personal bankruptcies have been on the rise since the Great Recession, and with it, perhaps a decline in the stigma against throwing in the hat when your finances become too much.

Marketplace's Ashley Milne-Tyte weighs the pros and cons of moving your money to a community bank.

Question: My wife (age 68) and I (age 69) have about $80,000 to invest. Our mortgage is paid off and we have no debts. Our current income (our Soc…

Host Steve Chiotakis and MSN Money columnist Liz Pulliam Weston take your questions on how to ask a parent to co-sign a student loan, what to do after a co-signed parent declares bankruptcy and why paying off debt too quickly doesn't have any drawbacks, despite urban myths to the contrary.

It's tough enough trying to raise one child and see her through college, but Tab and Debbie Thompson did just that with quadruplets who graduated just graduated from Texas A&M.

Question: We are a single income family with about 50% equity in our home. We have an emergency fund of 6 months of expenses sitting in a savings…

Question: I recently received a raise at work and would like to pursue additional retirement options for this new extra money. I currently have a…

The Thrasher family of Gulf Shores, Ala. are barely hanging on financially after a series of hurricanes, the mortgage crisis and now, the BP oil spill.

Beth Kobliner and her daughter, Becca, negotiate an allowance system that both can agree on.

Tess Vigeland and David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times take your questions on store credit, buying a home and some car loan co-sign drama.