In Re Hanlin

MICHAEL J. KAPLAN, Chief Judge.

The question before the Court is whether an unemployed student whose only “income” is $650 per month in “assistance from friends and family members” (principally his parents) is an “individual with regular income” as defined at 11 U.S.C. § 101(30), and is therefore eligible to be a debtor under Chapter 13 pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 109(e). 1 The Debtor proposes a Chapter 13 plan that will pay 30% to his unsecured creditors, plus a present value factor, over the course of five years. His unsecured claims total approximately $15,000. A 30% (or $4,500) payout is…