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	<title>Kansas Bankruptcy Information &#187; Means Test</title>
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		<title>Topeka Attorneys Observe U.S. Supreme Court Bankruptcy Argument in Lanning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kansas Bankruptcy News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy Means Test Meaner as Family Incomes Drop</title>
		<link>http://bankruptcykansas.info/bankruptcy-help-tougher-to-get-as-economy-worsens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy News]]></category>
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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>Surrendered Collateral Doesn&#8217;t Count on Bankruptcy Means Test?</title>
		<link>http://bankruptcykansas.info/when-do-circumstances-change-the-bankruptcy-means-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[22C EXPENSE NOT PERMITTED ON SURRENDERED COLLATERAL In re Miller, Case No. 07-22927 December 2008, Judge Somers This decision ties to the concepts enunciated in the various Lanning decisions, i.e., to what extent may post petition changes in circumstances be considered in determining what is to be paid by an above the line debtor.  Digest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Income and Expenses After Bankruptcy Change Chapter 13 Means Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[REITERATION THAT INCOME AND EXPENSE CHANGES MAY BE CONSIDERED POST PETITION IN 13. In re Tholl, Case No. 07-22677 December 2008, Judge Somers Court reviewed and followed the Melvin decision regarding changes of income and expenses after the filing of the chapter 13 bankruptcy but prior to confirmation of the chapter 13 bankruptcy plan.]]></description>
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		<title>Deviation from Bankruptcy Means Test for Expenses, Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[22C]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[LANNING EXTENDED TO EXPENSE SIDE In re Melvin, Case No. 07-22352 December 2008 Judge Somers Court extended the Lanning analysis and found there was no binding precedent on the issue of whether actual of 22C expenses were mandated and found that 22C expenses may be deviated from also. This is consistent with dicta in Lanning, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do I Deduct My Non-Filing Spouse&#8217;s Expenses on the Bankruptcy Means Test?</title>
		<link>http://bankruptcykansas.info/how-do-i-deduct-my-non-filing-spouses-expenses-on-the-bankruptcy-means-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court Rulings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Means Test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy means test]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOW EXACTLY DO WE DEDUCT ‘MARITAL ADJUSTMENTS’? In re Dugan, Case No. 07-40899 August, 2008, Judge Karlin Chapter 13 Trustee objections to debtor’s attempts to include a marital adjustment on Lines 13 and 19 for a non-filing spouse and a deduction for transportation expenses. Court allowed, in theory, the marital deduction, but found it had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cram Down Value Used for Means Test in Wichita Bankruptcies</title>
		<link>http://bankruptcykansas.info/cram-down-value-used-for-means-test-in-wichita-bankruptcies/</link>
		<comments>http://bankruptcykansas.info/cram-down-value-used-for-means-test-in-wichita-bankruptcies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chapter 13]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Means Test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgages]]></category>
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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>401(k) Withdrawal Is Income for Means Test</title>
		<link>http://bankruptcykansas.info/401k-withdrawal-is-income-for-means-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[401(K) DISBURSEMENT PRE PETITION IS CURRENT MONTHLY INCOME BUT NOT PROJECTED DISPOSBLE INCOME In re DeThample, Case No 07-11829 July 5, 2008, Judge Nugent Under 1325(b)(1)(B), a singular, one time disbursement is “income” for purposes of determining Current Monthly Income (CMI), but followed Judge Karlin’s Lanning decision in determining what constituted Projected Disposable Income (PDI). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Supreme Court Takes Topeka Bankruptcy Case</title>
		<link>http://bankruptcykansas.info/keep-up-with-lanning-on-supreme-court-wiki/</link>
		<comments>http://bankruptcykansas.info/keep-up-with-lanning-on-supreme-court-wiki/#comments</comments>
		<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>Means Test Allowances</title>
		<link>http://bankruptcykansas.info/means-test-allowances/</link>
		<comments>http://bankruptcykansas.info/means-test-allowances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Michaux, Topeka Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney</dc:creator>
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