Intersection of Bankruptcy & Divorce

Do you understand how the current economic situation can impact your divorce cases? This program addresses divorce practitioners’ frequently asked questions about bankruptcy and how you can formulate strategies to best protect your clients. Using typical scenarios that arise out of the intersection between divorce and bankruptcy you will learn: 

• The basics of bankruptcy law and practice and how the Bankruptcy Code and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedures can impact your divorce cases
• How a bankruptcy case of one spouse affects the rights of a non-debtor spouse; whether the divorce is commenced before, during or after bankruptcy
• The types of bankruptcy and chapters, terminology and important definitions  
• The structure of the bankruptcy court system
• What is the automatic stay and its exceptions 
• What are the discharge and dischargeability of marital obligations  
• What is considered property of the estate and exclusions contrasted with marital assets, exemptions, domestic support obligations, priorities of claims, and strategies for challenges to divorce decrees and agreements 

Expert Faculty

Hon. Joan Feeney, JAMS Boston Neutral and Retired United States Bankruptcy Judge, District of Massachusetts.  

Kathleen Cruikshank bankruptcy attorney at Murphy & King; and

Attorney Martha Bagley, divorce lawyer at Weston Patrick, Boston and Bagley Law, Salem.

Attorney Janet E. Dutcher is a Senior Associate practicing with Kazarosian Costello LLP, Haverhill

***Please note - at payment you will be directed to Paypal for payment. You do not need to set up account, and you just click the link "Pay with Debit or Credit Card".