Free Download: Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Excerpt: Protections From Discrimination Against Bankruptcy Debtors
This is a portion of the “Protections From Discrimination Against Bankruptcy Debtors” chapter from the Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide. This chapter discusses Bankruptcy Code section 525, which protects bankruptcy debtors from various forms of discrimination based upon the filing a bankruptcy case, insolvency prior to a bankruptcy case, or nonpayment of a debt that was discharged in a bankruptcy case. It also protects other persons with whom a bankruptcy debtor has been associated.
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. 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 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
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