Not exact matches
While student loan
debt currently is difficult to
discharge in bankruptcy — you must prove undue hardship — most other consumer
debt is fair game for either eliminating or negotiating a lower payback amount, depending on the specifics of your
case.
Jackson's original bankruptcy
case was
discharged in 2017 after the rapper paid a total of $ 22 million to creditors to settle his
debts.
In most
cases, student loan
debt can not be
discharged in bankruptcy.
The
case was dismissed without his
debts being
discharged because he failed to make plan payments, court records show.
The bankruptcy court did not
discharge most of Morris»
debts in his bankruptcy
cases.
For one thing, you may not understand federal or state bankruptcy laws or be aware which laws apply to your
case, especially regarding what
debts can or can't be
discharged.
The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) did a study of PACER stats (public court records) from 2016 and found that 95.5 % of the 499,909 Chapter 7 bankruptcy
cases decided that year were
discharged, meaning the individual was no longer legally required to pay the
debt.
If your
debt was
discharged in a Title 11 bankruptcy proceeding, such as a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13
case, you're not responsible for taxes on that
debt.
In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy
case, a qualified debtor can usually
discharge — or legally eliminate the obligation to pay — most unsecured
debt.
You CAN NOT
discharge your student loan
debt by filing bankruptcy as a whole, but there are
cases where it can happen.
Today I'm looking at another bankruptcy
discharge case, see more here, where a bankruptcy judge felt it was appropriate to allow for a legal
discharge of student loan
debt.
«Historically, the best -
case scenario for having student loan
debt discharged in bankruptcy is having a severe medical condition,» Ausin said.
In that
case there are some options to stop the collections activity for the next five years and potentially
discharge part of the
debt or enter into a reasonable repayment plan if you are sued.
The
debt itself can be
discharged in the bankruptcy
case, so the debtor can not be made to pay the
debt.
A typical Chapter 7
case lasts about 4 months from start to finish and eliminates or «
discharges» all of your unsecured
debts.
Your bankruptcy filing date (July 2011) is the date the official paperwork was filed that opened your
case in bankruptcy court, while the bankruptcy
discharge date (September 2011) is the date you were released from personal liability for
debts included in the bankruptcy.
In the majority of
cases, a Consumer Proposal will require you to pay less than the full amount you owe and still get
discharged from your
debts.
And other than in rare
cases, student loans can not be
discharged in bankruptcy, giving them the distinction of being one of the very few
debts a distressed borrower can never climb out from under.
They lent money like candy in
cases where the
debts were ultimately dischargeble in bankrutpcy (e.g. credit cards) and in
cases where
debts were harder to
discharge in bankruptcy (e.g. mortgages and student loans).
«Often people filing bankruptcy are able to
discharge those bills, which in Masterson's
case include credit cards, commercial loans and
debts to local businesses.»
-LSB-...] the ultimate goal in a bankruptcy
case, at least, any individual bankruptcy
case, is a
discharge of
debt; having the
discharge be excepted or denied would be a terrible situation.
If a creditor does challenge the
discharge of a
debt, Ginsberg states that the recourse is to negotiate a partial payment plan for that particular
debt or to convert the
case to a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, which requires a court - ordered repayment plan over several years.
Your repayment plan will continue for a period of 3 - 5 years (depending on the individual circumstances of your
case) and at the end of your repayment period, any remaining unsecured
debt you have left is
discharged — erased, eliminated, wiped away — forever!
In order for your
debts to be
discharged once you have filed for bankruptcy, you will be required to complete certain duties, which in some
cases involves making surplus income payments.
Paragraph (8)[enacted as (9)-RSB- excepts from
discharge debts that the debtor owed before a previous bankruptcy
case concerning the debtor in which the debtor was denied a
discharge other than on the basis of the six - year bar.
In some
cases, a creditor may take the additional step of filing a lawsuit within the bankruptcy to object to the
discharge of a
debt.
Although a liquidation
case can rarely help with secured
debt (the secured creditor still has the right to repossess the collateral if the debtor falls behind in the monthly payments), the debtor will be
discharged from the legal obligation to pay unsecured
debts such as credit card
debts, medical bills and utility arrearages.
The hardship
discharge does not apply to any
debts that are nondischargeable in a chapter 7
case.
Most
debt can be
discharged in a personal bankruptcy
case, with the exception of student loans and tax
debt.
Debts that existed where
discharge was denied or revoked in a previous bankruptcy
case: never
discharged in future bankruptcy
cases.
In a Chapter 7
case, a debtor's non-exempt assets are liquidated to pay
debts, and the court
discharges most
debts at the end of the
case.
The bankruptcy court will also deny a Chapter 7
discharge if the debtor has previously received a
discharge in a Chapter 12 or Chapter 13
case filed within the last six years unless the debtor meets fairly strict requirements regarding the amount of
debt she paid back in her Chapter 13
case.
Canadian bankruptcy law
discharges all tax
debt universally, unless the Canada Revenue Agency has taken steps to secure it (a lien on a property) or in the
case of fraud or tax evasion.
Contrary to popular belief student loan
debt, in some
cases, can be
discharged in bankruptcy proceedings.
Consumers who are unable to meet their
debt obligations may explore
debt settlement options, Credit Counseling,
debt consolidation or bankruptcy which allows, in some
cases, for the
discharge of certain
debts.
But if you have an asset
case, meaning there are items to sell, the court could deny a
discharge with respect to your
debt associated with that creditor because they were not able to be paid by the trustee.
A
discharge eliminates all personal liability for
debts incurred prior to the bankruptcy
case.
If your
discharge is denied for fraud your
case will still be administered, meaning you'll lose all non-exempt assets without any
debt relief.
The legality of
discharged mortgage
debt is determined on a
case - by -
case basis and is often related directly to the stipulations of the mortgage.
(1) is or has been a debtor under this title or a debtor or bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Act; (2) has been insolvent before the commencement of a
case under this title or during the
case but before the grant or denial of a
discharge; or (3) has not paid a
debt that is dischargeable in a
case under this title or that was
discharged under the Bankruptcy Act.
Most
debts are
discharged at the conclusion of a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy
case.
Assuming the debtor receives a
discharge at the conclusion of the
case, any
debts not described in § 523 will be
discharged.
See this
case and this one where the bankruptcy judge sided with the student loan debtor and
discharged all of the
debt.
Potential bankruptcy debtors should understand that if they file a
case, and the debtor has
debts that may fall into one of the above - mentioned categories, the real impact of these non-dischargeability provisions are that if the debtor believes that the
debt should be
discharged, it is up to the debtor to bring an action in bankruptcy court, after the debtor has received her general
discharge, to determine whether the
debt in question is
discharged.
But it is important for people looking at bankruptcy to know that some kinds of
debt can not be
discharged in a bankruptcy
case.
There have been other
cases that have further pushed the boundary, but more importantly the rulings open the door for more and more people to argue that their specific circumstances warrant
discharging the
debts in bankruptcy.
For purposes of this blog, let's concentrate on
debts that can't be
discharged when a person files a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
case.
The purpose of filing a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy
case is, plain and simple, to
discharge debt - to make
debt that has overwhelmed a debtor and his family «go away.»
First, if the creditor knows that the debtor has filed a bankruptcy
case, even if the creditor wasn't listed in the bankruptcy schedules, that
debt can be
discharged.
Lenders in most
cases can't foreclose upon or take a property because of mortgage
debt while service members are on active duty and for up to nine months after
discharge.