job offer after 341...need some advise

[Humonese]

WOW 4 or 5 Gurus answered the question and people still asking the same question....haha this is the opposite of sophomoric...

I'm just joking by the way...

I guess the safe route is after the 341 but why would it matter if it was before?? Since you've already qualified based on the previous 6 months. I understand the pending settlement thing but that something you knew about before filing and technically part of the BK Estate. Unless you knew you were going to get a million dollar job before discharge, I don't see how it would matter.

I guess my concern is that if there were any delay in the discharge (well past 60 days, like jessegirl) that they review the file and say "wow, you were making $18k a year and now you make $65k? You get to go Ch. 13!"

I have a call into my lawyer but I guess I was hoping someone that it actually happened to would pipe in with firsthand experience. I don't know the system here, what makes a guru and a mentor....

Hey at least I didn't start a new thread with the question!

[newbeginning]

the trustee works for a legal office that also deals with tech issues. i teach computer science and technology... it was surprisingly refreshing and the whole 341 was so comforting to know that these guys are human too

[Floridagail]

Take the job, my attorney told me the file date is important snapshot date , definately move on with your freshstart.

[brick]

took a job between filing and 341...what a dilema

Great to find this thread, any advice/similar experience sharing is much appreciated to all gurus...our lawyer is useless. And we live in New York

My wife and I filed for joint Ch 7 on April 7 after both lost our jobs for over a year. She was able to land a full time job (thank god) last week and we are waitng for our 341 meeting on May 14th. How would this impact our case? The following is snapshot:

1. Family of 4 living on unemployment benefits ($1,700/mo) for at least 6 mo prior to filing on April 8.
2. Income from the new job will make us on the brink of passing/missing the means test although I know the test is based on 6 month average income PRIOR to filing.
3. We are $200k in cc debt and there is no way to go into Ch 13 to pay off them, so Ch 7 is really a make or break for us...

We are even thinking of her leaving her new found job to get a better shot at the 341...what a painful dilema...

[StartingOver08]

Keep the job. You have already filed and your 341 is soon. If the Trustee asks about employment, naturally tell him/her about the new job.

[brick]

thanks Startingover08. I was just wondering exactly what the Bankrupcy Code says...like the filing date is the rock solid cut-off time or it really depends on the district and trustee regarding converting to Ch 13, which has to have our consent right?

To our original OP: how did your 341 go? any employment questions?

thanks much