The U.S. Bankruptcy Code provides that if a debtor makes an intentional fraudulent transfer within one year of the filing of bankruptcy petition, the debtor will be denied a discharge. Since the ...

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Tenancy by the entireties (known as TBE) is a form of property where husband and wife own property jointly, but on the death of one the entire interest automatically passes to the other (called the ...

In a recent decision in In re Taing, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts held that a mortgagee holds a claim that could be modified by a Chapter 11 plan even if the debtor was ...

Even minor debtor name mistakes can create meaningful UCC filing risk. Case sensitivity in the debtor name is generally not ...

A debtor or borrower is a person or organization that borrows money from a financial institution, usually tied to a loan or credit card. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act protects debtors from ...

The term “small business debtor” originated in 1994 with Congress’s first attempt at a streamlined chapter 11 process for businesses that had insufficient assets to fund a typical bankruptcy ...

Skip tracing is a process used to find a debtor who has relocated or disappeared to avoid legal responsibilities, such as debt payments. The skip tracing process involves verifying a debtor’s ...

Without memory, there is no debt. Put another way: Without story, there is no debt. The story of debt reached a historic moment this week. An outsized bubble of interlocking debt burst, leading to the ...

If a court grants you, as a creditor, a judgment in a contested debt case, then the debtor is legally obligated to repay the debt under court order. If debtors do not make good on their obligation, a ...

In 2011, Robin Sanders was driving home when she saw the blue and red lights flashing behind her. She knew she had not fixed her muffler, and believed that was why she was being pulled over. She ...