As I’ve written before, the federal government has taken swift action to ensure that same-sex couples are being treated equally under federal law, post United States v. Windsor. Prior to the decision, only opposite-sex couples were recognized by the federal government as legally married. Since then,...
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Beware if you need to File Bankrutpcy in NY and Live In a Rent Controlled Rent or Rent Stabilized and Apartment!
Due to a quirk in the law those filing bankruptcy in New York face the real possibility of losing their rent stabilized or rent controlled apartments. I first brought this subject up in my blog entry on May 5, 2012, which you can read for more on this subject. After writing that entry I did...
Legally Married Same Sex Couples May Now File Joint Bankruptcy
Although equal rights for same sex couples still have a long way to go, progress is being made. Although same sex couples are still not allowed to marry in many states, they can now file bankruptcy. In order to do so the couple must be legally married in a state or nation that allows gay and...
Student Loans and Bankruptcy
As a bankruptcy attorney in New York City, I meet many people in all kinds of debt. Since I began practicing bankruptcy law in the 1980’s, one area of debt has increased dramatically -- student loan debt. During the 1980’s and most of the 1990’s, student loan debt was not a big problem, because...