Debtors Behaving Badly: Non-dischargeability Of Debt Based On Debtor’s “Bad Acts”
By Michael H. Traison, Amanda A. Tersigni, and Samantha Schneider
It is said that the word bankruptcy originated in the middle ages from the term “breaking the bench.” At that time, rupturing a craftsman’s bench was the punishment for defaulting. Later, debtors were punished for their failure to pay…