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What Happens to Divorce Debts in Bankruptcy?

Debts in the nature of support of child or former spouse are not discharged in either chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy. What about property settlement debts?  If the divorce decree contains a hold harmless obligation that makes one spouse indemnify the other spouse, then the hold harmess oglibation is a separate debt to the spouse…

Pay Child Support or Lose Your Professional License in Kansas

PAY CHILD SUPPORT OR LOSE YOUR PROFESSIONAL LICENSE, INCLUDING YOUR LAW LICENSE When a person who holds any kind of professional license or certification in Kansas owes past due child support equal to or greater than three months of child support and has failed, after reasonable opportunity, to comply with any payment plan, 2009 HB…

New Kansas Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Discharge Procedure Proposed

A new procedure for issuing chapter 13 bankruptcy discharges and administratively closing the cases is being considered in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas.  Here is a summary of the procedure from the minutes of the September 17, 2008, Bench and Bar Committee: About six months before anticipated plan completion the Chapter…

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