Two different clients recently have approached bankruptcy’s means test and the good faith test in Chapter 13 like Momma Grizzlies. Their assumption was that anything they spent on their children was beyond question when it came to qualifying for bankruptcy. One single mother assumed that she was entitled to deduct from the means test her [...]
bankruptcy budget
Although it has been in effect for several years, the median income/means test provisions of the Bankruptcy Code continue to confuse potential bankruptcy filers. In my Atlanta, Georgia bankruptcy practice, I regularly get questions from new clients about the two “budgets” that are filed in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases. The first “budget” is [...]
