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		<title>Reaffirmation Requires More than Checking a Box</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 7]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reaffirmation Requires More than Checking a Box By Jonathan Ginsberg of Bankruptcy Law Network Much has been written on this blog about reaffirmation. BLN author Jed Berliner makes a compelling argument that reaffirmation in Chapter 7 is a bad idea – why should you assume personal liability for a debt and forgo up to 8...


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		<title>Earned Income Tax Credits Now Exempt in Kansas Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 23:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Neis, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exemptions & What You Get to Keep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Filing Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy exemption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debtors will get to keep one year of earned income tax credits when filing bankruptcy in Kansas. A new law went into effect April 14, 2011, granting the exemption.  This change in the law will prevent bankruptcy trustees from taking the portion of income tax refunds that is EITC, a valuable benefit for low to...


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<li><a href='http://bankruptcykansas.info/mortgage-debt-forgiveness-taxable-income/' rel='bookmark' title='Do I Have to Pay Income Tax on Forgiven Mortgage Debt?'>Do I Have to Pay Income Tax on Forgiven Mortgage Debt?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://bankruptcykansas.info/tax-refund-bankruptcy/' rel='bookmark' title='Tax Refund in Bankruptcy'>Tax Refund in Bankruptcy</a></li>
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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>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exemptions & What You Get to Keep]]></category>

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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 Related posts:Where Do I Find the Bankruptcy Code Dollar Amounts That Adjust Every Three Years? Living Expense Allowances on Bankruptcy Means Test Adjust What...


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<li><a href='http://bankruptcykansas.info/living-expense-allowance-bankruptcy-means-test-adjust/' rel='bookmark' title='Living Expense Allowances on Bankruptcy Means Test Adjust'>Living Expense Allowances on Bankruptcy Means Test Adjust</a></li>
<li><a href='http://bankruptcykansas.info/what-is-the-bankruptcy-code-2/' rel='bookmark' title='What Is the Bankruptcy Code?'>What Is the Bankruptcy Code?</a></li>
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		<title>Tax Refunds to Attorney Fees then Bankruptcy Trustee</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court Rulings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exemptions & What You Get to Keep]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chapter 7 trustee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hodes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lamie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lentz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Redmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydmark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax refund assignments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax refunds turnover]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wagers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TAX REFUND ASSIGNMENTS AND CHAPTER 7 In re: Sydmark, Case No. 06-41218 In re: Black-Watkins, Case No. 05-42439 June, 2008, Judge Karlin Lamie v. US and Redmond v. Lentz, Hodes and Wagers redux. Assignment of a tax refund does not divest the estate of an interest in them, even though UCC1 was filed. In a...


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<li><a href='http://bankruptcykansas.info/will-bankruptcy-trustee-take-my-tax-refund/' rel='bookmark' title='Will The Bankruptcy Trustee Take My Tax Refund in Kansas?'>Will The Bankruptcy Trustee Take My Tax Refund in Kansas?</a></li>
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		<title>What is Bankruptcy Lien Avoidance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benefits of Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exemptions & What You Get to Keep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avoidance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy lien avoidance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[impair exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgment lien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lien avoidance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lien stripping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Avoidance: The Bankruptcy Code permits the debtor to eliminate (avoid) some kinds of liens that interfere with (or impair) an exemption claimed in the bankruptcy. Most judgment liens that have attached to the debtor’s home can be avoided if the total of the liens (mortgages, judgment liens and statutory liens) is greater than the value...


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		<title>What are Assets in Bankruptcy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exemptions & What You Get to Keep]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assets.  Assets are every form of property that the debtor owns. They include such intangible things as business goodwill; the right to sue someone; or stock options. The debtor must disclose all of his assets in the bankruptcy schedules; exemptions remove the exempt assets from property of the estate. Related posts:Tax Refund in Bankruptcy What...


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		<title>Will I Lose My House If I File Bankruptcy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exemptions & What You Get to Keep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Filing Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am frequently asked by people who are thinking of filing bankruptcy, &#8220;Will I lose my house if I file bankruptcy?&#8221; The fear of losing everything in bankruptcy is very real. Fortunately, in Kansas the protection our law has for your home is in our state constitution and statutes. That is quite different from other...


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		<title>Can They Take My Home Away from Me if I File Bankruptcy in Kansas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exemptions & What You Get to Keep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kansans in financial distress often ask, &#8220;Will I will lose my home if I file bankruptcy?&#8220;  The simple answer is that most Kansans do not lose their home if they file for bankruptcy.  We are lucky in Kansas to have a homestead law that protects one acre of land in the city and 160 acres...


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		<title>Bankruptcy Stops Garnishment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exemptions & What You Get to Keep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Filing Bankruptcy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, both wage and bank account garnishments can be stopped by filing bankruptcy.  Garnishments after the bankruptcy is filed violate the automatic stay. Ideally, you will file bankruptcy before the garnishment order is served on your employer or bank so none of your money is seized.  But, if a garnishment order is already in place,...


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		<title>Topeka Chapter 13 Trustee Inducted into American College of Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exemptions & What You Get to Keep]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kansas Bankruptcy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vehicles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jan Michael Hamilton, standing chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee for cases filed in Topeka, was inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy Friday.   Hamilton was in the private practice of law from 1973 through 1999 when he was named to the trustee post. Hamilton traveled to Washington, D.C., for the ceremony at the U.S. Supreme Court...


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