A divorce case may involve matters of lis pendens, judgment liens, homestead rights, and bankruptcy. Lis pendens is … bankruptcy following the divorce and thereby attempt to be relieved of a judgment lien on property. In this article we will …

The Consumer Fee Study's primary objective is to identify and monetize these costs of bankruptcy access through the … analysis of quantitative and qualitative data gathered from court dockets and from professionals working within the bankruptcy … consumer bankruptcy system increased. We set out to determine the degree of increased costs, as well as to identify the …

Part I examines the intersection between divorce and bankruptcy in contemporary American society, providing an overview … of divorce demographics and an introduction to the bankruptcy process. Part II offers a pre- and post-Bankruptcy Abuse … Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) comparison of the Bankruptcy Code sections governing divorce obligations and …

A debtor seeking to discharge student loans in bankruptcy must prove that paying the debt would cause an undue hardship … that uses debt service thresholds to determine the propriety of federal student loan bankruptcy discharges. Eligibility for … loan debt and few prospects for repaying it with a simplified avenue of relief in bankruptcy …

mortgage crisis, in order to critically analyse the Personal Insolvency Arrangement under Ireland's Personal Insolvency Bill … strategies to maximise lender incentives to participate in Personal Insolvency Arrangements. It should further develop optimal … eligibility criteria for Personal Insolvency Arrangements, and provide additional detail on the role of the Personal Insolvency …

Bankruptcy gives individuals a fresh start by allowing them to discharge much of their unsecured debt. But the … consequences of bankruptcy do not end when the legal process is complete. After bankruptcy, families still must figure out how to … make ends meet and how to interact with the credit economy. This paper presents data showing that bankruptcy transforms how …

This is the first paper that highlights the role of spatial interactions, in the context of state bankruptcy laws, in … bankruptcy law across states. This paper studies the decision of an individual to begin (or end) a business in aparticular state …, as a function of bankruptcy regulations and other macroeconomic and business variables in that state as well as those in …

pre-bankruptcy planning …