Louisiana
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
A consumer bankruptcy case from Lincoln Parish is filed in the Monroe Division of the Western District of Louisiana.
Where a Lincoln Parish case is filed
Monroe Division, Western District of Louisiana (lawb)
LBR 5001-1 (Divisions of the Court and Intra-District Case Assignment): "Monroe Division – Petitions from the Parishes of Caldwell, East Carroll, West Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, and Union shall be assigned to the Monroe 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 Lincoln Parish
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