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ABA Public Education: Practical Law: Bankruptcy
ABA Division for Public Education offers information about bankruptcy laws with an emphasis on bankruptcy chapters 13 and 7.
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Can I Charge Up My Credit Cards Before Filing Bankruptcy? August 9th, 2005 Q: Can I charge up my credit cards before filing bankruptcy? A:

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The primary purpose of the laws of bankruptcy are: (1) to give an honest debtor a "fresh start" in life by relieving the debtor of most debts, and (2) to repay creditors in an orderly manner to the extent that the debtor has property available for payment.
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Bankruptcy: a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"
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A proceeding in a federal court in which a debtor, who owes more than his or her assets, can relieve the debts by transferring his or her assets to a trustee.
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A person is declared bankrupt when found to be legally insolvent and the person's property is distributed among creditors or otherwise administered to satisfy the interests of creditors. Generally, federal student loans cannot be discharged through bankruptcy.
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