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Bankruptcy - Ch. 7 - Abuse - Means Test (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 1, 2008

A Lynchburg U.S. Bankruptcy Court denies the U.S. Trustee’s motion to dismiss debtor’s case as an abuse of Chapter 7. Section 707(b)(1) provides that a court may dismiss an individual case under chapter 7 if the debts are primarily consumer and it would be an abuse of Chapter 7 to grant relief to the debtor. Here, ...
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