In Re Piazza’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. “(i) the debtor reduced his creditors to a single creditor shortly before the petition date; (ii) the debtor made no life-style adjustments or continued living a lavish lifestyle; (iii) the debtor filed the case in response to a judgment, pending litigation, or collection action; (iv) there is an intent to avoid a large, single debt; (v) the debtor made no effort to repay his debts; (vi) the unfairness of the use of Chapter 7; (vii) the debtor has sufficient resources to pay his debts; (viii) the debtor is paying debts of insiders; (ix) the schedules inflate expenses to disguise financial well-being; (x) the debtor transferred assets; (xi) the debtor is over-utilizing the protections of the Bankruptcy Code to the unconscionable detriment of creditors; (xii) the debtor employed a deliberate and persistent pattern of evading a single major creditor; (xiii) the debtor failed to make candid and full disclosure; (xiv) the debtor’s debts are modest in relation to his assets and income; and (xv) there are multiple bankruptcy filings or other procedural “gymnastics.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Piazza v. Nueterra Healthcare Physical Therapy, LLC · In re Bryant