法律知識

The new bankruptcy law provides for a “means test” to determine bankruptcy eligibility using a system of allowable deductions from gro...

3435 8/22/2013

What happens to income tax refunds when a debtor files for Chapter 13 relief? This is an interesting question, indeed. First, distingu...

5446 8/22/2013

一名捲入工作簽證欺詐的華裔律師，使用所得非法資金購買空置墓地和墓碑，15日宣判，刑期十個月。53歲的吳偉曼（Joseph Wai-Man Wu，音譯）是前East West Law Group主席，之...

5309 5/4/2017

長期的經濟衰退已經迫使收債員去創新，甚至濫用收賬力度。用監禁威脅未能支付債務的債務人，似乎是一些州收債員的一個共同策略。有些州顯然沒有廢除規定債務人牢獄法律。幸運的...

5138 11/7/2016

Let's say that you injured yourself because of your work. After some time, it is determined that you are entitled to receive $200,000 ...

2538 8/22/2013

Section 727(a)(4)(A) provides that the court shall grant the debtor a discharge unless “the debtor knowingly and fraudulently, in or i...

2594 8/22/2013

A ‘TOTTEN’ trust is a savings account trust established by a person for his son or daughter. To illustrate, you have a 1- year old son...

4406 8/22/2013

The situation we are going to discuss involves a Chapter 7 bankruptcy debtor who has abandoned her residence which has substantial equ...

2563 8/22/2013

I cannot overemphasize the need for debtors to be honest and transparent in their financial transactions when they file for bankruptcy...

2222 8/22/2013

如果一個公司還不起其債務，該公司的債權人是否能合法地要求申請破產救濟的業主支付公司的債務？例如，Nobama 從Netflix的股票在過去45天裡翻了一番，他用這些利潤購買柯達...

5205 8/22/2013

當房價是一路下滑，許多業主都能夠申請第13章破產擺脫他們的第二順位借貸。這個勾銷第二和初級順位借貸的過程被稱為LAM議案，開創性案件在ReLAM林在第九巡迴上訴法院首先確...

4172 8/22/2013

於2005年生效的新破產法帶來了兩個新概念。一個是＂入息審查＂。另一個是＂濫用推定＂。這兩者齊頭並進。＂入息審查＂是對債務人的可支配收入計算的方法，以確定債務人是否符合破產...

3588 11/7/2016

Creditor is required to prove by a preponderance of evidence that his claim against debtor is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. Documen...

3406 11/7/2016

假設說，丈夫和妻子申請第7章破產，提交免除信用卡債務80,000美元，而就他們申請破產的一個星期後，丈夫去世了。在破產呈請的附表B，他們列出了丈夫投保的10萬美元的人壽險，妻...

5262 11/7/2016

當兩個人是合作夥伴而又是彼此的代理人時，其中一人騙取了債權人，這時該怎麼辦？如果債權人追索債務人的債務問題，其中一人犯下欺詐，是否其他夥伴亦脫不了干係呢？例如，約翰和...

3000 8/22/2013