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answered on Sep 28, 2012
Assuming that your last bankruptcy was a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you can't file another Chapter 7 until eight years after your earlier case was filed.
If you received a discharge in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you can't file a Chapter 7 again until six years after the Chapter 13 was... View More 
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answered on Sep 28, 2012
First of all I have to say that in Chapter 7 bankruptcy it is your assets that the trustee is looking at, not so much your income. When the case is filed the trustee in a theoretical sort of way has title to all your assets, or at lease most of them. Your lawyer will have claimed most or all of... View More
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