Exempt?

[crazycrew77]

I filed bakruptcy 3 weeks after I got married ( it was suppose to been filed before, lawye rmessed up)
Debt was all mine before I met my husband.

how do I know if we will get the refund?
It is my debt not his. He works, I do not work, I have 4 children at home.

Lawyer will not return call to answer me

[lrprn]

A couple of questions first.... Did you file jointly or just you alone? Did you file Ch 7 or Ch 13? By "refund", are you asking if you will get to keep your husband's 2008 tax refund? Do you two live in a community property state (Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin)?

[crazycrew77]

I filed chapter 7 by myself..We live in Michigan.
He works full time an dI feel he deserves the whole refund.
These debts were mine from many many years ago before I even met him

[lrprn]

I filed chapter 7 by myself..We live in Michigan.
He works full time an dI feel he deserves the whole refund.
These debts were mine from many many years ago before I even met him

Then since you filed alone, your husband's tax refund is his to keep in total. He didn't file Ch 7, you did. Except to help set the income figure for your Means Test at filing, his income is not a part of your bankruptcy and your trustee has no right to his tax refund.

[crazycrew77]

Then since you filed alone, your husband's tax refund is his to keep in total. He didn't file Ch 7, you did. Except to help set the income figure for your Means Test at filing, his income is not a part of your bankruptcy and your trustee has no right to his tax refund.

He will get the full refund even if we file our taxes married ?