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Recent updates:

• Update: June 2022

  Dear Subscriber:

  Thank you for updating your library with the 2022 edition of A Practical Guide to Consumer Bankruptcy . TThis latest product brings updated resources within your immediate reach—for fast, accurate, and practical solutions.

  The 2022 edition incorporates materials from Bankruptcy Practice in Massachusetts, substantially enhancing the book’s treatment of consumer bankruptcy law and practice.

  Other highlights from the 2022 edition include

  • enactment of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, which amended Chapter 11 to add Subchapter V—designed to permit qualifying small business debtors to file bankruptcy in a more timely and cost-effective manner—with extensive discussions of the requirements of the new subchapter and its relationship to the rest of the Bankruptcy Code);

  • three-year inflation adjustments, effective April 1, 2022, to numerous dollar amounts set forth in the Bankruptcy Code;

  • detailed guidance on completing a plan under Chapter 13;

  • requirements for the approval of Chapter 13 plans, including good faith and feasibility;

  • updated dollar thresholds and case law appliable to the means test and the discharge of debts in bankruptcy; and

  • circumstances that may rebut a presumption of abuse arising from the means test or that independently may be found to constitute an abuse of the bankruptcy system.

  We trust you will find this latest version of A Practical Guide to Consumer Bankruptcy an invaluable resource for your busy practice.

  Very truly yours,

  John M. Lawlor, Esq., MCLE Publications Attorney

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 expand

Filing a Bankruptcy Case

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Mark G. DeGiacomo, Esq., Murtha Cullina LLP
David A. Mawhinney, Esq., Standing Chapter 13 Trustee (Central & Western Divisions)

Exhibit 1A

- Voluntary Petition Buy Form

Exhibit 1B

- MLBR Official Form 1: Matrix List of Creditors Buy Form

Exhibit 1C

- Schedule A/B Buy Form

Exhibit 1D

- Schedule C Buy Form

Exhibit 1E

- Schedule D Buy Form

Exhibit 1F

- Schedule E/F Buy Form

Exhibit 1G

- Schedule G Buy Form

Exhibit 1H

- Schedule H Buy Form

Exhibit 1I

- Schedule I Buy Form

Exhibit 1J

- Schedules J and J-2 Buy Form

Exhibit 1K

- Statement of Financial Affairs Buy Form

Exhibit 1L

- Attorney Compensation Disclosure Buy Form

Exhibit 1M

- Statement of Intention Buy Form

Exhibit 1N

- Summary of Assets and Liabilities Buy Form

Exhibit 1O

- Declaration About Schedules Buy Form

Chapter 2 expand

After Filing the Bankruptcy Case

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Mark G. DeGiacomo, Esq., Murtha Cullina LLP

Chapter 3 expand

Means Test and Discharge

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Marques C. Lipton, Esq., Lipton Law Group LLC
Kate E. Nicholson, Esq., Nicholson, PC

Exhibit 3A

- Table Showing Exceptions to Discharge in Individual Cases Buy Form

Chapter 4 expand

Exemptions

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Mark G. DeGiacomo, Esq., Murtha Cullina LLP

Chapter 5 expand

Chapter 13 Plans

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Carolyn A. Bankowski, Esq., Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee
Mark G. DeGiacomo, Esq., Murtha Cullina LLP

Exhibit 5A

- Official Local Form 3 Buy Form

Exhibit 5B

- Official Local Forms 3A and 3B Buy Form

Exhibit 5C

- Official Local Form 4 Buy Form

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