How much money does your spouse make? What about your significant other? What about your roommate or kids?

Many clients get confused that bankruptcy is based on their income alone. Unfortunately, when someone files bankruptcy, whether they can file Chapter 7 or 13 is based on the household income whether or not the spouse, significant other, roommate, etc. files bankruptcy. Unfortunately, this can cause issues when the person filing makes no money, but others in the house make a significant amount of money. How do we calculate how many people are in the household? That's the subject of today's Crushing Debt Podcast episode.

I also provide an update on the Paskay Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar, as well as the proposed increase in the automobile exemption in Florida to $5,000.

We have a second sponsor, who has actually been with the show from the very beginning. Mark Purvis, owner of Real Time Productions, Inc. is the audio editor for the show. Mark has also helped with various videos on the Yesner Law website (www.YesnerLaw.com) and our YouTube channel (Yesner Law - YouTube). You can visit Mark's website at www.RealTimeTelevision.com.

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