Submitted by Site Admin on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 1:18pm
All debts of any kind or amount, including out-of-state debts, are dischargeable under chapter 7 except the debts listed below. The following is a list of the most common debts that are not dischargeable under chapter 7:
- Most tax debts and debts that were incurred to pay federal tax debts.
- Debts for obtaining money, property, services, or credit by means of false pretenses, fraud, or a false financial statement if the creditor files a complaint in the case (included here are debts for luxury goods or services and debts for cash advances made within 60 days before the case is filed).
- Debts not listed on the debtor's chapter 7 forms, unless the creditor knew of the case in time to file a claim.
- Debts for fraud, embezzlement, or larceny, if the creditor files a complaint in the case.
- Debts for alimony, maintenance, or support and, if the creditor files a complaint in the case, certain other divorce-related debts including property settlement debts.
- Debts for intentional or malicious injury to the person or property of another, if the creditor files a complaint in the lease.
- Debts for certain fines or penalties.
- Debts for educational benefits and student loans are not dischargeable unless a court finds that not discharging the debt would impose an undue hardship on the debtor and his or her dependents.
- Debts for personal injury or death caused by the debtor's operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
- Debts that were or could have been listed in a previous bankruptcy case of the debtor in which the debtor did not receive a discharge.

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