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Legal claim after selling house while bankrupt

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  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 23,471 Forumite
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    edited 29 January 2022 at 6:28PM
    I'm still intrigued though. If this went through, as the problem occurred prior to being discharged, is it still included in bankruptcy?
    To qualify as a bankruptcy debt the 'obligation' would have to precede the bankruptcy order - see my earlier post
  • fatbelly said:
    I'm still intrigued though. If this went through, as the problem occurred prior to being discharged, is it still included in bankruptcy?
    To qualify as a bankruptcy debt the 'obligation' would have to precede the bankruptcy order - see my earlier post
    Yup, get that. So what if they can't afford to pay? Do they go bankrupt again? Or just have a CCJ?
  • fatbelly said:
    I'm still intrigued though. If this went through, as the problem occurred prior to being discharged, is it still included in bankruptcy?
    To qualify as a bankruptcy debt the 'obligation' would have to precede the bankruptcy order - see my earlier post
    Yup, get that. So what if they can't afford to pay? Do they go bankrupt again? Or just have a CCJ?
    It'd be the same options as for someone who'd not been bankrupt. For whatever reason, the government think it sensiblefor people to be able to go bankrupt multiple times.
  • fatbelly
    fatbelly Posts: 23,471 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Cashback Cashier
    Yup, get that. So what if they can't afford to pay? Do they go bankrupt again? Or just have a CCJ?
    They have all the options open to them except bankruptcy, until they're discharged. In practice the creditor might try a few methods of enforcing the ccj
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