SCOTUS Rules Bankruptcy Filers Can’t Avoid Debt Incurred By Another’s Fraud – Patriot

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a massive 9-0 decision on Wednesday that a California woman could not use U.S. bankruptcy code protection to avoid paying a $200,000 debt, which resulted from fraud by her partner. “The court said that the woman, Kate Bartenwerfer, owed the debt even if she did not know about her husband […]