Bankruptcy law does not set a single nationwide "maximum income" that cuts you off from relief. Instead, it asks a more practical question: after you pay for basic living costs and required bills, how ...

The 5th Circuit has determined how "projected disposable income" is to be calculated in Chapter 13 bankruptcies, an important ruling that could mean debtors pay more or less to their unsecured ...

Boosting your disposable income requires improvements in your budgeting strategies and finding supplementary cash flow, from negotiated salary increases and side hustles to tax credits and investment ...

The trustee objected to the Luedtkes’ proposed plan on the sole ground that, in calculating their disposable income, the Luedtkes claimed not only the $472 standard vehicle operating expense allowed ...