ABI Podcast
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Experts Examine Why Ch. 7 Is Less Accessible for Low-Income Debtors, Potential Solutions - ep. 226
26 minutes Posted Mar 13, 2019 at 6:30 pm.
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Elaborating on their ABI Journal article "Too Broke for a Fresh Start" about chapter 7 being too expensive for those in need, Bankruptcy Judge Henry Callaway (S.D. Ala.; Mobile) and Jonathan Petts of Upsolve (New York) talk with former ABI Resident Scholar Prof. Drew Dawson of the University of Miami School of Law about why chapter 7 is less accessible to those in need. They also discuss potential technological, policy and administrative solutions that could help make chapter 7 more accessible to low-income debtors.