From time to time in this column we have reported on general trends in chapter 13 case administration. Here, we present an update through the end of September 2003 (FY 2003). 1 Table 1 displays the numbers of chapter 13 filings and the amou…
In this article, we report on home ownership among no-asset chapter 7 debtors. The report is based on 5,832 non-business chapter 7 cases that were closed between 1999 and 2001. 3 We classified each debtor as an owner or a non-owner based on…
Each year since 1998, the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees (EOUST) has collected 2,000 randomly selected chapter 7 no-asset cases from across the country. All of these cases were filed, processed and closed as non-business consumer cases.…
The choice of chapter by consumer filers cannot be reliably predicted by economic differences among jurisdictions or by legal differences such as the variance in state exemption levels. 2 In order to explain why, for example, chapter 13 cas…
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1930, all chapter 7 debtors are currently required to pay a filing fee, although some debtors pay the fee in installments. For the first time, under S. 420 and H.R. 333, the court may waive payment of the filing fee i…