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Chapter 13 ‘Step Plans’ Can Help Debtors Accommodate Life Events

Debtors considering chapter 13 New York bankruptcy sometimes wonder how to craft their repayment plans when they anticipate significant events that are nearly certain to reduce or increase their incomes. For example, sometimes debtors know that a pregnant spouse will not be working for the beginning portion of the repayment plan but will be able …

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Chapter 13 ‘Step Plans’ Can Help Debtors Accommodate Life Events

Debtors considering chapter 13 New York bankruptcy sometimes wonder how to craft their repayment plans when they anticipate significant events that are nearly certain to reduce or increase their incomes. For example, sometimes debtors know that a pregnant spouse will not be working for the beginning portion of the repayment plan but will be able …

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Chapter 13 ‘Step Plans’ Can Help Debtors Accommodate Life Events

Debtors considering chapter 13 New York bankruptcy sometimes wonder how to craft their repayment plans when they anticipate significant events that are nearly certain to reduce or increase their incomes. For example, sometimes debtors know that a pregnant spouse will not be working for the beginning portion of the repayment plan but will be able …

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Chapter 13 ‘Step Plans’ Can Help Debtors Accommodate Life Events

Debtors considering chapter 13 New York bankruptcy sometimes wonder how to craft their repayment plans when they anticipate significant events that are nearly certain to reduce or increase their incomes. For example, sometimes debtors know that a pregnant spouse will not be working for the beginning portion of the repayment plan but will be able …

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What Are the Benefits of a 0 Percent Chapter 13 Repayment Plan?

Nope, that’s not a typo. There is such a thing as a zero-percent chapter 13 plan. Although, it is a misnomer in that the debtor is actually going to make some payments on the plan. (Otherwise it would be absurd.) Consequently, a zero-percent plan isn’t the opposite of the more commonly known 100 percent chapter …

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‘Avoiding’ Liens in New York Bankruptcy

Most of the time when the term “avoid” comes up in New York bankruptcy it’s used in the context of preferential transfers to creditors. That is, the debtor transfers money to a creditor he or she likes more than the others, such as a relative, and the trustee chooses to nullify (“avoid”) the transfer. The …

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‘Avoiding’ Liens in New York Bankruptcy

Most of the time when the term “avoid” comes up in New York bankruptcy it’s used in the context of preferential transfers to creditors. That is, the debtor transfers money to a creditor he or she likes more than the others, such as a relative, and the trustee chooses to nullify (“avoid”) the transfer. The …

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What Are ‘Priority Claims’?

New York bankruptcy requires debtors to pay some creditors what they are owed before others. These are called “priority claims” or “priorities” in the Bankruptcy Code. In chapter 13, for instance, creditors with priority claims must be repaid in full. Consequently, it’s important for debtors to have an idea of what these kinds of claims …

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