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Not an April Fools Joke: Means Test Numbers Going Up!

              Find out if you qualify for FREE: Qualification for Bankruptcy is based solely on income. It is calculated using your last six months of income. The Means Test used to determine qualification allows you to make up to certain amounts of money based on your state and household size. […]

New Medicare Cards Start Mailing in April 2018

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be removing Social Security Numbers from Medicare cards to prevent fraud, fight identity theft and keep taxpayer dollars safe. They will mail the new Medicare cards from April 2018 through April 2019. Learn how they will mail the new Medicare cards in phases by geographic location below. New Medicare […]

Personal Injury & Workers’ Compensation in Bankruptcy

TO: Attorney Theresa Rose DeGray FROM: Victoria Estreicher, Paralegal Intern & Guest Blogger DATE: March 14, 2018 QUESTION OF LAW: Can you keep your personal injury or workers’ compensation settlement safe when filing bankruptcy in the state of Connecticut? DISCUSSION: After you receive a settlement from either worker’s compensation or from a personal injury claim, […]

Basic Principles of the CT Child Support Guidelines

“The Connecticut Child Support Guidelines are based on the Income Shares Model. The Income Shares Model presumes that the child should receive the same proportion of parental income as he or she would have received if the parents lived together. Underlying the income shares model, therefore, is the policy that the parents should bear any […]

Alimony in Divorce & Bankruptcy

In Divorce: “In determining whether alimony shall be awarded, and the duration and amount of the award, the court shall consider the evidence presented by each party and shall consider the length of the marriage, the causes for the annulment, dissolution of the marriage or legal separation, the age, health, station, occupation, amount and sources […]

FREE INCOME TAX PREPARATION

The following is summarized from the websites of the American Association of Retired Persons: www.aarp.org/ , the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS): www.ct.gov/drs/cwp/view.asp?a=1462&q=289046 and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc101.html People needing free help to complete their federal tax forms have a number of options available to them. They can seek assistance at an […]

Attorney for the Minor Child

1. What is an Attorney for a Minor Child (AMC)? An attorney for a minor child, often referred to as an AMC and also call or texted Counsel for the Minor Child is an individual the court appoints, either upon motion of a party or when the court determines an AMC is necessary to advocate […]

BAPCPA Report – 2016

2016 Report of Statistics Required by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. Introduction Under 28 U.S.C. § 159(b) (link is external), enacted as part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA), the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO) is required to submit an […]