· 10/29/2001
Ivory v. United States (In Re Ivory)
Citations
- 269 B.R. 890
- 2001 Bankr. LEXIS 1566
- 2001 WL 1524448
How courts have described this case
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- finding debtor’s expenses, which included a $100 charitable contribution, to be “reasonable and necessary” and not mentioning RLCDPA
- noting the debtor’s budget did not include many items that appear on the budgets submitted by most bankruptcy debtors
- considering the debtor’s monthly income and expenses and concluding that she “simply does not have the money to pay for the basic necessities of modern life”
- relying on IRS Standard as but one of a number of objective standards
- applying the Ivory factors in determining what constituted a minimal standard of living
- listing components of a minimal standard of living in modern American society
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Judges: Benjamin Cohen
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