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means test for chapter 7 bankruptcy
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A debtor who files for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, and then converts to Chapter 7 due to a change of circumstances, is not required to file a "means test" calculation of monthly income, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey has ruled. The case involved a debtor earning $57,000 annually who filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy and was ordered to pay $410 per month for 59 months. Two months later she was laid off and requested that her bankruptcy be converted to a Chapter 7 case. She then received a clerk's notice instructing her to file the statement of current monthly income and means test calculation required for cases filed under Chapter 7.
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BY DENNIS T. LEWANDOWSKI While much of the publicity surrounding the new bankruptcy law signed on April 20 by President Bush focuses on consumer bankruptcy changes and the means test for filing a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy, it also contains significant changes that affect other business interests. Consider:
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(This article originally ran in Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.) The means test for Chapter 7 filings is seen as one of the most significant elements of the Bankruptcy Reform Act. Failure will result in a case being converted to Chapter 13 or dismissed.
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... court affirming the judgment of the bankruptcy court dismissing their Chapter 7 bankruptcy case f... abusive Chapter 7 case, we must apply the means test under that chapter and decide whether a debto...
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Last spring, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee offered an amendment to the gleefully punitive bankruptcy-reform bill under consideration in the House Judiciary Committee. Her proposal would have exempted aid and relief money received in the wake of a natural disaster from the income-means test that the new bill would apply to all people seeking to file for the lessonerous Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
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...At the end of 2008, $137.7 billion of auto loans ABS were outstanding. Auto l..., as well as some information on bankruptcy. . Research shows a strong correlation between sev... was to shift debtors from filing under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code to Chapter 13 (Evans and Lewis, 2008). . The "means test" in the Act precludes debtors with income abo...
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In passing section 526(a)(4), Congress sought to accomplish two related objectives.8 First, Congress sought to prevent debt relief agencies from advising clients about how to discharge additional debt, thereby diluting the amount that creditors would otherwise receive in a bankruptcy payout.9 Second, Congress intended to preclude a putative debtor's gaming of the means test.10 The means test was also introduced as part of BAPCPA as a tool by which to determine whether a debtor qualifies for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 7.11 The latter concern reflects the possibility a debtor may worsen the appearance of his or her financial situation by incurring additional debt, thereby increasing the likelihood that protection under Chapter 7 will be available.12 Part I of this Note explores...
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WASHINGTON -- Here are the votes of Western New York's four members of the House of Representatives and the state's two U.S. senators on major legislation in Congress last week. A "Y" means the member voted for the measure; an "N" means the member voted against the measure; an "A" means the member did not vote. HOUSE
... from any one country to 15 percent from 7 percent. The vote Tuesday was 389 yeas to 15 nays....*. Bankruptcy Exemption for Soldiers -- The House passed the Nat... by four years an exemption from the means test for individuals filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy ...
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...-a Texas state probatecourt and the Bankruptcy Court for the Central Districtof California-have r...Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.,458 U. S. 50, 79, n. 31 (1982) (plurality opinion)). TheDistrict C... that Vickie'scounterclaim did not meet that test. Id., at 1059. Thatholding made "the Texas probat... the purposes of confirming a plan under chapter 11, 12, or 13 of title11 but not the liquidation o... claimantsconstitutes an important means of securing a constitutionally authorized end....
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The Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (the Act) was signed into law on Apr 20, 2005, and took effect on Oct 20, 2005. The Act represents the most significant change in personal bankruptcy law since the Bankruptcy Code's (the Code) enactment in 1978. In the section I in this article describes the two primary bankruptcy routes for which consumer debtors may opt: chapter 7 or chapter 13. In Section II, the paper presents empirical evidence of the effect of the Act on both the number of personal bankruptcies, and on the relative fraction of chapter 7 and chapter 13 filings. In Section III, the paper provides a discussion of the meaning of the fresh start, and put the Act in both historical and international perspective. Early statistical data supports the conclusion that ...
... focused on the addition of the so-called "means test" to be eligible for relief under chapter 7 of...
