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’s bankruptcy plan.
Lanning had taken a buyout and left her job at Payless Shoesource. She was working at Joann’s Fabrics for less money when her bankruptcy was filed.
When Lanning took the bankruptcy means test, the Payless buyout caused her income average to be higher than her current income and higher than the median for a single person in Kansas. She would have been required to make a bankruptcy payment she could not afford to make with her lower income. [Read more…]
