Tag Archive: P.A.

More Kansans Can Qualify for Bankruptcy Help with Increased Income Allowances

The Kansas income guidelines for the bankruptcy means test go up February 1, 2008. Kansas Median Family Income by Family Size for Bankruptcy Cases Filed on or After February 1, 2008, 1 earner……….$38,594 2 persons……..$52,989 3 persons …….$58,075 4 persons …….$69, 831 5 persons …….$76,731 6 persons …….$83,631 Add $6,900 for each additional individual

Wieland Named U.S. Trustee for Kansas

Richard A. Wieland has been named U.S. Trustee for Region 20, which covers Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Wieland has been serving as acting Region 20 U.S. Trustee since September 1, 2007. He is familiar to the Kansas bankruptcy bar, having been a trial lawyer in the Wichita office since 1988. When the Bankruptcy Abuse…

1923 Disney Bankruptcy in Kansas City

Did you know Walt Disney’s Missouri company, Laugh O Gram Films, Inc., was forced into bankruptcy in Kansas City on October 4, 1923? Fellow blogger, Rachel Foley of www.kcbankruptcy.com, and lover of all things Disney, proudly displays the bankruptcy documents in her office. As Rachel says, “Walt went into bankruptcy with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit…

Debtor Audits Stopped (for Now)

The U.S. Trustee has stopped auditing debtors in bankruptcy cases. The Executive Office of the U.S. Trustee says Congress did not fund the budget for the audits in the 2008 appropriations bill. Alternate funding is being sought so the audits can resume, the EOUST reports. This is good news for debtors whose advocates testified at…

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