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Category Archives: Means Testing



From my friend and colleague Robin Miller, publisher of BAPCPA Abstracts, comes this thoughtful and well-researched guide concerning the calculation of a Chapter 13 debtor’s projected disposable income under Code § 1325(b). Most consumer bankruptcy lawyers realize that courts disagree as to both how income and expenses are to be calculated (Form 22C, Schedules […]



In the recent case of In re Boyd, 2007 WL 4248590 (Bankr.M.D.Pa. 2007) the court was confronted with the issue of whether a debtors’ $2400 per year contribution to their adult child attending college was necessary expense for the purposes of alculating disposable income in a Chapter 13 case. For this over-median debtor, the […]