This handbook goes in depth on more than 25 of the most difficult issues in Consumer Bankruptcy and Chapter 13 cases. Completely updated for 2013 with more than 100 new citations. The issues covered in the book include: The vulnerability of a debtor's retirement funds and IRAs in bankruptcy; Dismissals for abuse under Section 707(b); The dischargeability of divorce-related debts; Avoiding liens under Section 522(f); The dischargeability of drunk-driving debts; Avoiding liens under Section 506(d); The dischargeability of unlisted debts; Redeeming Property under Section 722; The dischargeability of fraud debts; Identifying avoidable prefiling transfers; The dischargeability of student loans; Recovering damages for stay violations; The dischargeability of malicious injury debts; Curing defaults in Chapter 13 plans; The dischargeability of tax debts and penalties; And much more