BAPCPA Man #6 – Unemployment, Median Income and the Means Test
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(Click image to see earlier sketch version of cartoon.)
*Correction: The cartoon previously referred incorrectly to a “Chapter 7 repayment plan.” Apologies for the confusion.
Below are some helpful posts from bankruptcy lawyer blogs on the topics of unemployment, median income and the means test. Go to the BK Lawyer Blogs page on this site to see a full state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyer blogs. (And get in touch if you have a blog and don’t see it listed.)
*Also, for anyone trying to figure out their median income, Best Case has a free on-line median income calculator for any state.
Bruce Weiner (Rosenberg Musso & Weiner) – NYBankruptcyNet (Brooklyn, NY)
Craig D. Robins, Esq. – Long Island Bankruptcy Blog (Woodbury, NY)
- The Means Test is Often the Key to a Successful Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Case
- Long Island Economy: Jobs Down; Unemployment Up; Bankruptcy Up
Haines & Krieger (Las Vegas, NV)
Jonathan Ginsberg, Esq. – theBKLaw (Atlanta, GA)
- Chapter 7 and Middle Class Debtors
- How are Year End Bonuses Treated in a Median Income Test Calculation?
Reed Allmand, Esq. (Allmand & Lee) – Reed’s Bankruptcy Attorney Blog (Dallas and Ft. Worth, TX)
*Click here for previous BAPCPA Man cartoons, or here for all cartoons on the site relating to consumer bankruptcy.
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Tags: Bankruptcy blog, Bankruptcy cartoon, Bankruptcy humor, Bankruptcy law, Bankruptcy practice, BAPCPA, CARTOONS, Chapter 7, Consumer Bankruptcy, Gideon Kendall, Layoffs, Means test, Median income, New bankruptcy law, Unemployment
August 31st, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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September 1st, 2009 at 9:17 am
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September 5th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
I LOVE this cartoon! I actually won a major case in my district and pretty much used this argument (that it was silly) in my brief. Now, the Means Test is just a starting point and can be refuted. I know a few other districts are following suit.
July 21st, 2010 at 4:06 pm
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