I’ve posted two recent blogs regarding the concept of property in bankruptcy cases, focusing on property that an individual may not have at the time a bankruptcy case is filed, but which the Bankruptcy Code identifies as property of the bankruptcy estate. I wrote about some common examples of this type of property – earned but unpaid wages, tax refunds, insurance residual payments and real estate commissions. The key point in these examples is that all of these not-yet-received payments were owed to the bankruptcy debtor at the time the bankruptcy case was filed – any wages, refunds, residuals or commissions earned after the filing date belong to the debtor, not the bankruptcy estate.

What if Someone dies During Bankruptcy?
I’ve posted two recent blogs regarding the concept of property in bankruptcy cases, focusing on...