Does child support debt go on schedule e for chapter 7?

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Question:

Does child support debt go on schedule e for chapter 7?

Answer:

Each schedule is designed to organize the information that the bankruptcy trustee receives in order to determine the best way in which to discharge the debt obligations of the filer. In the case of Chapter 7, Schedule E details the priority unsecured claims of the filer.

The following are the special categories which would be listed on Schedule E of a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filing:

  • Obligations for Domestic Support: This includes domestic support obligations owed to a spouse, or a former spouse, or a child belonging to the debtor, or the legal guardian, parent or relative who is responsible for the child, as well as any government agency to whom this domestic support claim has been assigned. Child support should definitely be included on this schedule.
  • Salaries, Wages and Commissions: All forms of income that are counted as wages, salaries, commissions, also vacation severance, sick leave earned within 180 days of filing the petition, all should be included on Schedule E.
  • Employee Benefit Plan Contributions: This includes all amounts owed to the employee benefit plan for services rendered within 180 days prior to the filing of the petition.
  • Farmer and Fishermen: Particular claims by certain farmers and fishermen, in amounts up to $4,925 per fisherman or farmer, against the debtor.
  • Deposits: This includes claims by individual for up to $2,225 for deposits made in the purchase, lease or rent for property or services that were for personal, family, or household use that were not yet delivered or provided.
  • Taxes and Other Debts Owed the Government: This refers to customs duties as well as taxes and penalties owed to federal, state and/or local governments.
  • Commitments to Insured Depository Institutions: This means claims based on commitments made to the RTC, FDIC, Comptroller of the Currency, Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or to any of their predecessors or successors, that are made in order to maintain the capital of any of these or other insured depository institutions.
  • Claims for Death/Personal Injury While Intoxicated: These are claims for death or personal injury that resulted from motor vehicle accidents that occurred while the debtor was intoxicated from alcohol or drug use.

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