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		<title>Debt Settlement Companies Fleecing Debtors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<title>Bankruptcy Code Gets Cost of Living Raise</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certain dollar amounts in the bankruptcy code are adjusted every three years for changes in the cost of living.  The next change will be April 1, 2010.  2010 Federal COLA adjustments]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Debt Ceilings to Rise 7%</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More people will be able to get help for their debt problems on April 1, 2010, when the chapter 13 debt limits increase about seven per cent. $360,475 of unsecured debt $1,081,400 of secured debt These numbers are the caps on the amount of debt an individual may have and be eligible for chapter 13 bankruptcy.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy Means Test Meaner as Family Incomes Drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the economy worsens, unemployment rises and family incomes are dropping, getting bankruptcy help gets a little tougher. The bankruptcy income guidelines go down a few hundred dollars for Kansas cases filed on or after March 15, 2010.  While this change probably won&#8217;t disqualify many debtors, the downward trend is disturbing and more evidence the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Free Tax Filing Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VITA volunteers will help people earning less than $49,000 per year with their tax return filing at two Topeka locations. It will be offered at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th, Tuesdays 6 to 8:30 p.m., Thursdays 3 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturdays 1 to 4 p.m. through April 15. Another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Your Taxes Prepared Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Topeka) &#8212; Starting Monday, January 25, free E-File income tax preparation is available on the first floor of the Docking State Office Building, 915 SW Harrison Street, Room 158, Topeka. The assistance site is a partnership of the Kansas Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service&#8217;s VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Program. The site [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy Mastery Site Launched for New Lawyers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cathy Moran, my friend and blogging colleague on the Bankruptcy Law Network, has launched Bankruptcy Mastery, a website to train new consumer bankruptcy lawyers. With 30 years of experience, Cathy is well-qualified to teach and mentor lawyers new to the consumer bankruptcy field.  She is speaks on bankruptcy law topics on the national stage and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cram Down Value Used for Means Test in Wichita Bankruptcies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A DEBTOR MUST USE THE STRIPPED/CRAMMED DOWN AMOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF CURRENT MONTHLY INCOME (CMI) ON LINE 47 OF B22C In re Hoss, Case No. 08-10365 In re Arroyo, Case No. 07-12779 August 2008, Judge Nugent In above median income (AMI) cases, debtors sought to deduct contract payments, rather than the stripped off/crammed down amounts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court Takes Topeka Bankruptcy Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Topeka, Kansas, consumer bankruptcy case is pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. It involves the Topeka chapter 13 trustee objecting to Stephanie Lanning&#8217;s bankruptcy plan. Lanning had taken a buyout and left her job at Payless Shoesource.  She was working at Joann&#8217;s Fabrics for less money when her bankruptcy was filed. When Lanning took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Bankruptcy Rules Changes Proposed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas is taking written comments on Proposed Local Rules of Practice and Procedure until January 1, 2010. Interested persons, whether or not members of the bar, may submit comments on the Proposed Local Rules addressed to the Clerk of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District [...]]]></description>
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