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Crucial Facts about Child and Spousal Support in Bankruptcy

October 23, 2017 by Chris Kane

Filing bankruptcy mostly does not affect the collection of child or spousal support against you—except it can help in one very important way.   Support Obligations Mostly NOT Affected by Bankruptcy 1. No discharge (“write-off”) of child and spousal support obligations ... Read More »

Filed Under: Child and Spousal Support Tagged With: automatic stay, child and spousal support, collection of child support, collection of spousal support, collection of support, support arrearages

Child or Spousal Support Not Written Off in Bankruptcy

April 18, 2016 by Chris Kane

You can’t discharge child support or spousal support. But the bankruptcy court gets to say whether it's really "in the nature of" support.   Our last blog post was about the conditions under which bankruptcy can discharge—write off—all income tax debts that meet certain conditions. Those ... Read More »

Filed Under: Child and Spousal Support Tagged With: child and spousal support, discharge of debts, discharge of divorce debts in Portland, division of marital property, divorce debts, divorce debts in Northeast Portland, Multnomah County child support, Portland bankruptcy lawyer, support arrearages, support lien

A Fresh Start with the Child or Spousal Support Lien on Your Home

February 5, 2016 by Chris Kane

The good news is that if you are behind on child or spousal support, with a resulting lien on your home, you can safely protect that home.   If you are behind on your support payments, your ex-spouse and support enforcement agencies have tremendous tools to use against you to try to force you ... Read More »

Filed Under: Child and Spousal Support, Real Estate Tagged With: automatic stay, Chapter 13 plan, child and spousal support, priority debts, support arrearages, support lien

Mistakes to Avoid–Selling Your Home to Pay off Your Ex-Spouse

September 16, 2015 by Chris Kane

Before deciding that you have to sell your home to pay your ex-spouse, find out your legal options. You may be pleasantly surprised.   The Need to Pay off Your Ex-Spouse Divorce is so often so traumatic. All kinds of emotions can cloud your judgment at the time, and can cloud your memory ... Read More »

Filed Under: Divorce, Real Estate Tagged With: automatic stay, child and spousal support, non-discharged debts, non-support debts, support arrearages

Making Sense of Bankruptcy: Writing off a Non-Support Debt

May 4, 2015 by Chris Kane

Besides providing a unique and powerful way to catch up on support arrearage, Chapter 13 can discharge other debts from your divorce.   Here’s today’s sentence we’re explaining: If you owe financial obligations from your divorce other than your child or spousal support, ... Read More »

Filed Under: Divorce Tagged With: child and spousal support, discharge, non-support divorce debts, nondischargeability, nondischarged debts, support arrearages

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