When Worlds Collide: Bankruptcy and Its Impact on Domestic Relations and Family Law, Fourth Edition

The United States is in the midst of a bankruptcy boom, with filings nearly doubling over the past 20 years. With the rising tide of bankruptcies has come an increasing opportunity for conflict between the work of the state courts and the federal bankruptcy courts, and between state domestic relations law and bankruptcy law. Divorce and bankruptcy are similar in that each attempts to provide a "fresh start." However, the objectives of divorce are not necessarily consistent with the goals of...