There are several types of bankruptcies available to individual people and business entities. Let’s analyze each one here in a 30,000 foot overview and then in future articles we will take a deeper dive. CHAPTER 7: This is my favorite chapter and also the one I personally filed in 2009. It gives the debtor (the […]
As summer approaches, middle and high school students can choose from catalogues of camps that promise to improve everything from language skills to layup shots. Federal court camps prepare participants to be informed and engaged citizens in every walk of life, and at no cost. “We view the summer camps at our federal courthouses in […]
November 17, 2022 GUIDANCE FOR DEPARTMENT ATTORNEYS REGARDING STUDENT LOAN BANKRUPTCY LITIGATION Introduction This memorandum provides guidance (Guidance) to Department of Justice (Department) attorneys regarding requests to discharge student loans in bankruptcy cases. Developed in coordination with the Department of Education (Education), this Guidance will enhance consistency and equity in the handling of these cases. […]
Qualification for bankruptcy is based solely on income and is determined through a Means Test. That income must be under the “median” income amount for your state and household size. The amount of median income is increasing on April 1, 2023 in Connecticut. This means more folks will be able to qualify for Bankruptcy relief. […]
Each year, individuals in the bankruptcy process seek to discharge student loan debt in order to get the “fresh start” envisioned by the bankruptcy code. Congress has set a higher bar for discharging student loan debt compared to other debt—debtors who seek to discharge student loans must prove in a separate “adversary proceeding” that paying […]
March 24, 2023 – Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court has appointed Jenny L. Doling to serve a three-year term on the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules. Her term starts immediately. Jenny L. Doling is a dedicated consumer bankruptcy and tax attorney with years of experience. She’s a Certified State […]
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR COURT INTERPRETERS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT JUDICIAL BRANCH Court interpreters are appointed to serve the court. As officers of the court, all court interpreters are bound by the following professional code of ethics: Canon 1 Court interpreters shall act strictly in the interest of the court they serve. Canon […]
The Supreme Court courtroom is 43 feet wide, 56 feet long and 35 feet high. Most of the wood in the room is oak. The state seal is emblazoned on many of the wall panels, the lamps and the carpet. Included in the seal is the state motto, “Qui transtulit sustinet” (“He who transplanted still […]
The court hears three or four different cases on each day on which oral arguments are scheduled. After the oral arguments have been finished, the court meets, in its conference room, to reach a preliminary decision about the outcome of each case. When the justices disagree, the greater number becomes the majority of the court […]
Almost always, the cases heard in the Supreme Court have first been decided in the Superior Court, which is a trial court where a judge or a jury makes a decision based on conflicting stories from witnesses who describe the history of the controversy. The losing party in the Superior Court has the right to […]
