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Discharging Child Support Legal Fees In Bankruptcy

The Bankruptcy Code severely limits your ability to discharge "domestic support obligations" in bankruptcy. But what if part of the award is for legal fees that your former spouse incurs in getting you to pay for child support or spousal maintenance? Michael Schenkein filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Manhattan after what appears to ...

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Tags: 11 USC 523, child support, dischargeability, domestic relations law, domestic support obligations, domestic support order, lynn mordas, Michael Z. Schenkein, objections to discharge, spousal support, U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Chapter 7 Bankruptcy: How Do Creditors Get Paid?

Written by Jay Fleischman, Esq.

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You've filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in New York and there were assets that were sold by the trustee and turned into cash. Now you're wondering ...

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Tags: 11 USC 501, 11 USC 503(b), 11 USC 507, 11 USC 510, 11 USC 726, bankruptcy trustee, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Trustee, domestic support order, nonexempt assets

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