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Why do ?domestic support obligations? matter in bankruptcy?

By David Leibowitz, Illinois and Wisconsin Bankruptcy

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Domestic support obligations are the top priority in any bankruptcy case. They come ahead of taxes and every other type of of unsecured claim. So if a person files a bankruptcy case, other creditors get nothing until back child support and alimony is paid in full.

Full post as published by Bankruptcy Law Network on December 21, 2009 (boomark / email).

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