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The doctrine of tenants by the entireties contemplates the ownership of property by the marital union itself ("one flesh") and not by the separate spouses as co-tenants. As a result, the Bankruptcy Code preserves the debtor's right, when on…
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…
Chapter 13 bankruptcy has been used for a variety of reasons since the enactment of the Bankruptcy Code in 1978. It is often cited as the means whereby a debtor can invoke the benefits of the super discharge where potential non-dischargeabl…