Consumer bankruptcy<\/a> filings for the first half of this year are currently at record levels. There is evidence to suggest that a good number of these scenarios include divorce situations where a spouse is receiving or paying for child support and\/or alimony.<\/p>\n Think filing for bankruptcy will absolve child or spousal support payments? Not so.<\/p>\n \u201cChild support payments and spousal support payments generally cannot be discharged in bankruptcy,\u201d said Reginald Osenton<\/a> of Osenton Law Offices<\/a> in Brandon, Florida. \u201cThis means that a parent who owes child support cannot usually escape meeting those obligations, no matter whether it is Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy.\u201d<\/p>\n Section 523 of the United States Bankruptcy Code states that an individual debtor may not be discharged from debt \u201cto a spouse, former spouse, or child of the debtor, for alimony to, maintenance for, or support of such spouse or child, in connection with a separation agreement, divorce decree or (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Consumer bankruptcy filings for the first half of this year are currently at record levels. There is evidence to suggest that a good number of these scenarios include divorce situations where a spouse is receiving or paying for child support…<\/span><\/p>\n