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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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