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Luxurious Lifestyles Can Undermine the Good Faith Requirement for ?Proposed Chapter 11 Plans of Reorganization

ABI

In In re Hamilton-Gaertner , a North Carolina Bankruptcy Court found that the debtor’s proposed Chapter 11 plan satisfied the good faith requirement of section 1129(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, despite certain expenses typically indicative of bad faith. [1] 1] The debtor was a physician who earned approximately $400,000 per year. [2]

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What Happens If I Get a Job After Filing Chapter 7?

Sawin & Shea

This form of bankruptcy differs from Chapter 13, which involves the evaluation of your current income to construct a three-to-five-year debt reorganization plan. You must complete credit counseling within 180 days of filing your petition, and you’ll need to complete a debtor education course after your Meeting of Creditors.