The Discharge in Bankruptcy

The bankruptcy discharge varies depending on the type of case a debtor files: chapter 7, 11, 12, or 13. Bankruptcy Basics attempts to answer some basic questions about the discharge available to individual debtors under all four chapters including:

a. Discharge in bankruptcy

b. Timing of the discharge

c. Receipt of discharge

d. Debts that can be discharged

e. Right to a discharge

f. Number of discharges

g. Revoke a discharge

h. Discharge debt payment

i. Collection by creditor

j. Employment and failure to pay discharge