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Bookmark or Share- 11 U.S. Code § 522 - Exemptions | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal ...It permits an individual debtor in a bankruptcy case a choice between exemption systems. The debtor may choose the Federal exemptions prescribed in subsection (d), or he may choose the exemptions to which he is entitled under other Federal law and the law of the State of his domicile.
- 11 U.S. Code § 521 - Debtor’s duties | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal ...This section lists three duties of the debtor in a bankruptcy case. The Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure will specify the means of carrying out these duties. The first duty is to file with the court a list of creditors and, unless the court orders otherwise, a schedule of assets and liabilities and a statement of his financial affairs.
- U.S. Code: Title 11 | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information ...“The law relating to bankruptcy is codified and enacted as title 11 of the United States Code, entitled ‘Bankruptcy’, and may be cited as 11 U.S.C. § —.”
- 11 U.S. Code § 101 - Definitions | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal ...By this broadest possible definition and by the use of the term throughout the title 11, especially in subchapter I of chapter 5, the bill contemplates that all legal obligations of the debtor, no matter how remote or contingent, will be able to be dealt with in the bankruptcy case. It permits the broadest possible relief in the bankruptcy court.
- 11 U.S. Code § 105 - Power of court | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal ...First, the limitation on the power of a bankruptcy judge (the power to enjoin a court being reserved to the district judge) is removed as inconsistent with the increased powers and jurisdiction of the new bankruptcy court.
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