Louisiana
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
A consumer bankruptcy case from Jefferson Davis Parish is filed in the Lake Charles Division of the Western District of Louisiana.
Where a Jefferson Davis Parish case is filed
Lake Charles Division, Western District of Louisiana (lawb)
LBR 5001-1 (Divisions of the Court and Intra-District Case Assignment): "Lake Charles Division – Petitions from the Parishes of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis shall be assigned to the Lake Charles Division."
What it costs to file here
- Chapter 7 — total court charges at filing
- $338
- Chapter 13 — total court charges at filing
- $313
28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(1)(B); Bankruptcy Court Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, Item 8
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Louisiana median income
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What Louisiana law protects
Homestead
- $31,575Federal residence, cooperative, or burial-plot exemption
Vehicle
- $5,025Federal one-motor-vehicle exemption
Wildcard
- Set by a test other than a dollar capFederal wildcard exemption
Bankruptcy lawyers serving Jefferson Davis Parish
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