Explain how the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 affected the bankruptcy system
What will be an ideal response?
Student should identify the year this legislation came into effect and why. Student should cite reasons such as abuse of the bankruptcy system, how congress deemed it more advantageous to the economy that debtors be held more responsible to pay debts in certain situations. Also, the student should cite some of the major changes made by BAPCPA — such as means testing, time limitation to file another liquidation, pre and post-petition credit counseling and the greater responsibility placed on bankruptcy attorneys.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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