A recent ruling by the Nebraska Bankruptcy Court underscores one of the primary differences between the treatment of divorce debts in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases. (See In re Schulz, Nebraska Adversary Case #12-04070).
On August 30, 2011, the District Court for Buffalo County, Nebraska entered a divorce decree that included a division
Recently, a new client filed an emergency bankruptcy petition to stop a trial that was scheduled to take place later that week. (An emergency petition is a case where the debtor does not file all the asset, debt, income and expense schedules but must later file those missing schedules within 14 days. When foreclosures and garnishments are