FREE DOWNLOAD: Collier Family Law & the Bankruptcy Code Excerpt-Property Excluded from the Estate
This is a portion of the “Property Interests of the Debtor and Other Family Members Affected by a Bankruptcy Case” chapter from Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code. This chapter includes topics such as the bankruptcy treatment of different types of property interests; property excluded from the estate; exemption of property from the property of the estate; the management, control, and sale of property of the bankruptcy estate; and the abandonment of property of the estate.
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