Quitting a job (part 2)

Letter to “Ask Leon”

My husband hasn’t worked in 4 years. He cooks, writes and plays music. I don’t have a problem with that but how can I file without the $1200.00 or so that it will cost? He will agree to a part time just to dig us out. If you haven’t worked and don’t intend to, how is that fraud?

Leon Says…

you asked, ” If you haven’t worked and don’t intend to, how is that fraud?”

I didn’t say that is fraud if he doesn’t work. But if he does take a job that pays enough money for you to pay your debts without filing bankruptcy, and then he deliberately quits his job, it could be a problem. It is up to the court to decide if a given case is going to be denied on the grounds of abuse. I said the court “could” view a case as an abuse of the system, because IF someone deliberately quits a job that would have allowed that person to pay their debts. I also said that perhaps you will qualify for the bankruptcy even IF he is still working, and a local attorney should be able to determine that for you. Then, after the bankruptcy is finished, he might safely quit his job and nobody will care.