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		<title>Theme Song for a Fresh Start</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Columbia &#8211; Lexington Bankruptcy Attorney Lex Rogerson Stan Rogers’ shanty of a marine recovery exhorts us to rise again. I’ve got to admit a weakness for Irish music.  Recently I was listening to a collection of songs sung by &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/theme-song-for-a-fresh-start/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Bankruptcy Planning for Tax Claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lex Rogerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Columbia &#8211; Lexington bankruptcy attorney Lex Rogerson Consider these sophisticated strategies to get maximum benefit of your bankruptcy for past due taxes For some of our clients, the most important service we render is advice about how to prepare &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/pre-bankruptcy-planning-for-tax-claims/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study Finds Bankruptcy &#8220;Reform&#8221; a Costly Failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lex Rogerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Lexington /Columbia Bankruptcy Lawyer Lex Rogerson If the lending industry lobbyists who pushed Congress into the 2005 bankruptcy law amendments wanted to increase the amount of money creditors receive in bankruptcy, they failed completely. But they succeeded in &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/study-finds-bankruptcy-reform-a-costly-failure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Debts That Survive Bankruptcy: Domestic Relations Obligations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lex Rogerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Lexington/Columbia Bankruptcy Lawyer, Lex A. Rogerson, Jr. Congress has declared that debtors usually cannot get rid of domestic (family court) obligations in bankruptcy. When Chase or Wells Fargo extends credit, they know there is a risk that the &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/debts-that-survive-bankruptcy-domestic-relations-obligations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Debts That Survive Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Lexington/Columbia Bankruptcy Lawyer, Lex A. Rogerson, Jr. In most cases, discharging debt is a major, if not the sole, reason for filing bankruptcy.  You file bankruptcy to get a fresh start and get on down the road of &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/debts-that-survive-bankruptcy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lex Rogerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Lexington/Columbia Bankruptcy Lawyer, Lex A. Rogerson, Jr. Avoiding bankruptcy.  There can be a number of  potential reasons why someone with debt problems decides not to file bankruptcy.  Fairly often we’ll advise our Columbia area clients not to file &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/avoiding-bankruptcy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy Means Test and Falling Incomes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lex Rogerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Lexington/Columbia Bankruptcy Lawyer, Lex A. Rogerson, Jr.  In the last two years, household incomes have generally fallen in South Carolina, pulling a cruel switcheroo on many distressed middle-income families at a time when the economy makes avoiding bankruptcy &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/bankruptcy-means-test-and-falling-incomes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What if I Fail the Means Test?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lex Rogerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Lexington/Columbia Bankruptcy Lawyer, Lex A. Rogerson, Jr. If you &#8220;fail&#8221; the mean test, this results in a presumption of abuse.  You still may be able to file Chapter 7, but trying to do so becomes a little more &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/what-if-i-fail-the-means-test/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the Bankruptcy Means Test?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lex Rogerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Lexington/Columbia Bankruptcy Lawyer, Lex A. Rogerson, Jr. In the 25-plus years I’ve been helping people file bankruptcy here in the Columbia area, one of the biggest changes has been the advent of the means test, designed to limit &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/bankruptcy-means-test/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chapter 13 and the Means Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lex Rogerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Lexington/Columbia Bankruptcy Lawyer, Lex A. Rogerson, Jr. The means test is found in Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code and was primarily intended as a screening mechanism for Chapter 7 cases.  However, it plays a significant role in &#8230; <a href="http://bankruptcyattorneysc.com/chapter-13-means-test/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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