When Congress amended the bankruptcy laws in 2005, one of the changes concerned the length of Chapter 13 Plans.  “Below-median” debtors (those with incomes below the median in their state of residence for a family of their size) were generally…

As recently reported in the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Trustee recently announced a resumption of audits of consumer bankruptcy cases to start March 10.  Those audits had been suspended due to budgetary constraints.  Under federal law, the U.S. Trustee…