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Debts You Can’t Wipe Out In Bankruptcy

By Cathy Moran

nondischargeable debts

Nineteen kinds of debt survive a bankruptcy discharge: but three stand out from the rest. Those three exceptions to discharge look, not at the kind of debt such as taxes, or support or student loans.  Rather the exceptions look at  how the debt arose. These exceptions prevent bad actors from escaping the consequences in bankruptcy.  Bankruptcy is […]

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You've arrived at the Bankruptcy Soapbox, a resource of bankruptcy information and consumer law.

Soapbox is a companion site to Bankruptcy in Brief, where I try to be largely explanatory and even handed (Note I said "try").

Here, I allow myself to tell stories and express strong opinions on how I think law should work for the consumer and small businesses when it comes to debt.

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