This is a portion of the “Obtaining a Discharge” chapter from the Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide. This chapter reviews the legal grounds for objecting to a chapter 7 discharge and how they typically might apply in consumer cases. Among the grounds for objections are concealment or transfer of property, dishonesty in connection with the case, refusal to obey court orders, and the obtaining of a discharge in a recent previous case. Author and Collier Co-Editor-in-Chief Henry J. Sommer includes not only analysis but practical strategic guidance and warning tips so that an attorney will be able to successfully conduct a consumer bankruptcy proceeding.
The Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide is a transaction-based guide that assists an attorney through all the phases of a consumer bankruptcy case. From interviewing the client to filing an appeal, this transaction-based practice guide provides detailed discussions and step-by-step analysis of chapter 7 and chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy cases.
The Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide covers:
• methods and strategies for interviewing the debtor
• counseling the debtor about bankruptcy options
• choosing the type of bankruptcy offering the greatest advantage to the client
• agreements for and disclosure of attorney's fees
• preparing and filing the forms, statements and schedules used in a typical bankruptcy case
• enforcing the automatic and codebtor stay, as well as motions for relief from the stay
• claiming and objecting to exemptions
• preparing for the meeting of creditors
• litigation procedures in bankruptcy cases
For a free excerpt from Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide, click the link at the top of the post.
For more information about the Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide including the table of contents, click here.