Discharge of Debt

Has anyone ever offered you $500, $1,000, $2,000 or more for you to sign your name – no strings attached?

A December 1st 2013 bankruptcy rule change allows the approved provider of a debtor education course on personal financial management to notify the court that debtor completed the course requirement. The 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act required debtors in chapter 7, 11, and 13 cases to file a Form 23 certification of course completion with the court in order to obtain a discharge of debt.

In honor of April 20th everywhere, and in the immortal Hollywood movie words of Jeff Spicoli, Hey dude, let’s party.

But first, a quick drug trivia lesson.

Who said “Are you on drugs?”  My Cousin Vinny’s Judge Chamberlain Haller.  Don’t you just love that movie, I know I do.

Who sang “Everybody must get stoned”?  Bob Dylan, though Dylan was referring to the biblical act of being stoned by actual rocks.

What does the number 420 [4:20 or 4/20] have to do with bankruptcy? [silent pause]