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Acing Bankruptcy’s Means Test For Those Over Median Income

By Cathy Moran

acing the means test

Your future living expenses may be the key to passing the bankruptcy means test. Those who are under median income for their state have already passed the means test. Those over median income move on to the expense portion of the test to calculate whether they have more than the allowed disposable income. Most often, […]

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