Bankruptcy Celebrates a Birthday

                                     310.376.9865 October 17, 2013 Bankruptcy celebrated its 8th Birthday. Well, to be a little more precise, it was 8 years ago that the “Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act” took affect. The Bankruptcy laws were revised ostensibly to reduce abuse of the bankruptcy system and shift more debtors in to a repayment plan.

Dog Bites Not Dischargeable

310.376.9865 Had someone ask if a bankruptcy would discharged (wipe out) a judgment due to his dog biting a neighbor.  Huh, I had no idea, so did so quick and dirty research. There is an old case out of Georgia where the bankruptcy court held that the debt incurred because the debtor’s dog had bitten