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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…
New local rules for the Kansas Bankruptcy Court went into effect March 17, 2011. 2011_Local_Rules
The Kansas Bankruptcy Court judges adopted standing order SO_10_02 mandating the use of a chapter 13 plan form for all cases filed after March 1, 2011. Differing language may be used but it must be placed in locations on the form for non-standard language. The rule is designed to make it easier for readers to…
Changes to the local rules of the Kansas Bankruptcy Court have been published on the court’s website. Comments are invited through December 15, 2010. Click here to see the Proposed Rules.
Kansas debtors have less errors on their bankruptcy paperwork than the national average, according to the report just issued by the U.S. Trustee. “Material misstatements” were reported in 12% of the audited cases, compared with 22% nationwide, although the report does not say just how serious the errors were. The federal government audits bankruptcy cases…
We watched the arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., yesterday in the bankruptcy case of Hamilton v. Lanning. We are not involved in this case. We attended as observers. The case deals with the formula for determining how much a debtor has to pay her general creditors in a chapter 13 bankruptcy…
The chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee for cases filed in Kansas City, Kansas, has moved to a new office at 6330 Lamar, Ste. 110, Overland Park, KS 66202. Payments to William H. Griffin, Trustee, still go to the bank lock box at PO Box 613106, Memphis, TN 38101. No money is accepted at the Overland Park…
At economic conditions worsen for people, it is no surprise that bankruptcy filings rose 22.6% in Kansas and 34.5% in the United States this past year. Filings have steadily climbed since the so-called bankruptcy reform act went into effect in 2005. Four people for every 1,000 in Kansas filed bankruptcy, ranking Kansas 31st in the…
The website URL for the United States Trustee’s Offices in Region 20, which includes Kansas, has changed to: http://www.justice.gov/ust/r20/index.htm
Barriers Inc, a long-time Wichita jeweler filed a chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday. The store is located at Douglas and Oliver. Ed Nazar is the company’s bankruptcy attorney.
