By Daryl J. Smith, Senior Staff Attorney to Sylvia Ford Brown, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee (Memphis, TN) Are chapter 13 serial filers abusing the bankruptcy system? Maybe or maybe not. There are many reasons debtors file multiple bankruptcy cases across the nation, including but not limited to parking tickets, court fines, utilities, lack of financial literacy, foreclosure, past due rent,...
Income Driven Repayment Plans in Chapter 13
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By Ed Boltz, The Law Offices of John T. Orcutt (Durham, NC)
Income Driven Repayment (IDR) plans for student loans became available to borrowers with the Income Drive Repayment plan in 2009. Subsequent plans, such as Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE), were modeled after it in 2014 and 2015. Payments under these plans are based on 10-15% of the borrower’s household discretionary income,1 without regard to assets, and can be as low as $0.00 a month. Depending on the plan, after 20 or . . .
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