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Albany Times Union

Bill aims to protect post-bankruptcy tithing
Senate passes measure after ruling in New York case that couple cannot
continue to give

By MICHELE MORGAN BOLTON, Staff writer

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

ALBANY -- A debtor's right to make reasonable religious donations during a
financial reorganization would be protected under a bill, based on a New
York bankruptcy case, that was hastily passed in Washington last weekend.

The unanimous vote in the Senate early ...   more »

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BYLINE: Erika Brown

Uncle Sam is helping people make money off those who are bankrupt.

It's been a year since the effective date of a bankruptcy law intended to
curb filings by individuals. Hard to say yet if it's working, but a bunch of
people who aren't bankrupt are making money off it. Some 275 individuals and
organizations have lined up to become "debtor education providers" to take
advantage of the law's requirement that debtors take ...   more »

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September 30th, 2006 Contact: Peter Carr (202) 224-9854
Jared Whitley (202) 224-0134

HATCH PROTECTS TITHING RIGHTS
Clarifies Treatment of Charitable Contributions in Bankruptcy Law

Washington - Early this morning, the United States Senate unanimously
approved Sen. Orrin G. Hatch's (R-Utah) bill to protect an individual's
right to continue reasonable charitable contributions, including religious
tithing, during the course of a consumer bankruptcy.

"As a rule, I do not like impromptu legislative responses to judicial
decisions," Hatch said. ...   more »

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Get Out of Debt Day prompted readers to post a wide range of financial woes
on our message boards. Many of them echoed the same disastrous mistakes.
Don't follow in their footsteps.

By Liz Pulliam Weston

Leo Tolstoy famously wrote in "Anna Karenina," a novel that culminates in an
equally famous suicide, that "All happy families are alike; each unhappy
family is unhappy in its own way."

When families are unhappy because of their finances, however, ...   more »