In Re Brown

How courts have described this case

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• Substantial abuse found where the debtors’ Chapter 7 was precipitated by “chronically living beyond their means,” and where the debtors could pay a substantial portion of their debt with only “modest adjustments to their lifestyle”
• “A debtor’s ability to pay as measured by what he could pay in a hypothetical Chapter 13 case is the primary but not conclusive factor in determining whether there is a substantial abuse of Chapter 7.”

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Parada
  S.D. Florida· 2008-01-10· cited 23×
• Turner v. Johnson (In Re Johnson)
  N.D. Georgia· 2005-01-10· cited 14×
• In Re Lavin
  M.D. Florida· 2010-01-29· cited 9×
• In Re Jones
  M.D. Florida· 2005-10-14· cited 6×
• In Re Meyn
  M.D. Florida· 2005-09-12· cited 4×
• In Re Hester
  M.D. Florida· 2005-04-18· cited 3×
• In Re Tagliavia
  M.D. Florida· 2006-10-02· cited 1×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• In Re DeGross
  M.D. Florida· 2001-10-22· cited 13×