Chapter 7 can be inaccessible for a married debtor living in the same household with a nonfiling spouse who has substantial income.

Massachusetts bankruptcy judge requires flexibility from both the government and the debtor who is saddled with huge student loans.

Like physics, bankruptcy searches for a unified theory to explain claims by and against the estate.

Courts split on allowing compensation to a chapter 7 trustee when the case is converted to chapter 13 before distributions were made.

Chapter 11 committees achieve standing more readily than chapter 13 debtors.