FREE DOWNLOAD: Collier Family Law & the Bankruptcy Code Excerpt-Obligations of Unmarried Couples
This is a portion of the “Effects of Bankruptcy on Nonmarital Family Relationships” chapter from Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code. This chapter includes topics such as the rights of children born out of wedlock; obligations arising from annulled marriages; obligations of unmarried couples; and obligations to stepchildren, grandchildren, foster children and other persons supported by the debtor.
For both the general practitioner and the matrimonial specialist, Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code is a comprehensive, practice-oriented guide to the impact of bankruptcy on family law issues. In this treatise, Collier Co-Editor-in-Chief Henry J. Sommer and Hon. Margaret Dee McGarity, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, examine the Bankruptcy Code with emphasis on provisions directly related to family law.
Coverage includes:
• Overview of the bankruptcy process
• Overlap of bankruptcy court jurisdiction and state family court jurisdiction
• Determining the debtor's interest in marital property
• Special issues involving community property
• Effects of Chapter 13 on current alimony and support obligations and on modification and enforcement of support obligations
• Effect of the automatic stay on on-going family court actions
For more information about Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code including the table of contents, click here.