https://mbensonlaw.com Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:49:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://mbensonlaw.com/chapter-7-is-alive-and-well-despite-the-means-test/ https://mbensonlaw.com/chapter-7-is-alive-and-well-despite-the-means-test/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:49:57 +0000 https://mbensonlaw.com/?p=105 The "means test," which was expected to render Chapter 7 bankruptcies largely unavailable, only affects a handful of debtors.

]]> https://mbensonlaw.com/chapter-7-is-alive-and-well-despite-the-means-test/feed/ 0 https://mbensonlaw.com/three-rules-for-drafting-marital-settlement-agreements-in-anticipation-of-bankruptcy/ https://mbensonlaw.com/three-rules-for-drafting-marital-settlement-agreements-in-anticipation-of-bankruptcy/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:46:32 +0000 https://mbensonlaw.com/?p=103 These three rules can help keep your work for a divorcing client from being undone when one of the parties files for bankruptcy.

]]> https://mbensonlaw.com/three-rules-for-drafting-marital-settlement-agreements-in-anticipation-of-bankruptcy/feed/ 0 https://mbensonlaw.com/when-the-client-becomes-the-debtor-family-law-attorney-fee-agreements-in-bankruptcy/ https://mbensonlaw.com/when-the-client-becomes-the-debtor-family-law-attorney-fee-agreements-in-bankruptcy/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:33:59 +0000 https://mbensonlaw.com/?p=100 An examination of the treatment of family law attorneys’ fees when the client files for bankruptcy protection and guidance as to how to avoid the pitfalls that can arise therein.

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