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When The Marital Community Doesn’t Get A Bankruptcy Discharge

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice

community property discharge

Community property works differently in bankruptcy. I probably don’t have to tell you that. On the issue of assets and debts, community property is pretty straightforward. All of the community property comes into the estate upon the commencement of a bankruptcy case, even when only one spouse files. ยง541(a)(2). Every creditor with a right to […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice Tagged With: 2022, community property, discharge, non dischargeability

Are You Throwing Your Bankruptcy Client To The Predators?

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Tax

Behind every IRS tax audit lurks the state taxing authority.  Fail to give the state its due, and the tax in question may be  non dischargeable. I had to dredge this tidbit from memory last week when we were looking over the tax transcript for a client who had been audited by the IRS and […]

Filed Under: Tax Tagged With: audit, discharge, state tax

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