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By Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Chapter 13 Trustee (Nashville, TN)
Ruskin v. Blackshear (In re Blackshear), 531 B.R. 711 (E.D. Mich. May 20, 2015) (Duggan)
The only obligation imposed on a married debtor to disclose a non-filing spouse’s income and expenses is to indicate the amount that the non-filing spouse is contributing to the debtor’s household; court is without authority to compel the disclosure of the non-filing spouse’s income and expenses.
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Brenda Blackshear filed a Chapter 13 petition in March of 2014. She was . . .
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