Legal Opinion
In Re Mendoza
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas
Decided July 20, 2006No. 17-30249PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Decision Regarding Reaffirmation Agreement
LEIF M. CLARK, Bankruptcy Judge.
CAME ON for consideration the foregoing matter. The debtor filed a reaffirmation agreement pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 524(c). This section generally provides that a debtor may agree to reaffirm a debt, excusing the creditor from the effects of the bankruptcy discharge. See Matter of Turner, 156 F.3d 713, 714 (7th Cir.1998). Congress amended this section of the Code in BAPCPA, effective October 17, 2005. New subsection 524(e)(2) now provides, as one of the pre-conditions for the approval of such agreements, that “the debtor…
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