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DeAngelis v. Fonash (In Re Fonash)

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided December 12, 2008No. 1:08-bk-01856MDFPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MARY D. FRANCE, Bankruptcy Judge.

Before me is the motion of the United States Trustee (“UST”) to dismiss the bankruptcy petition of Stephen Fonash (“Debtor”). The motion invokes 11 U.S.C. § 707(b)(2) as amended by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, Pub.L. No. 109-8, 119 Stat. 23 (“BAPCPA”). Under § 707(b), granting relief under chapter 7 is presumed to constitute an abuse of the chapter if a debtor’s “current monthly income” exceeds his allowable expenses by a statutorily specified amount. The mathematical formula used to calculate current monthly…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Idahoan Fresh v. Advantage ProduceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
  3. United States v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  4. In Re HaarUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 2007
  5. In Re HamanUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 2007

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. In Re HarmonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. In Re HammockUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. North Carolina · 2010
  3. Robbins v. Alther (In re Alther)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 2015
  4. In Re BurggrafUnited States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Ohio · 2010
  5. In re MartinUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Iowa · 2014

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