Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
A consumer bankruptcy case from Pointe Coupee Parish is filed in the Baton Rouge of the Middle District of Louisiana.
Where a Pointe Coupee Parish case is filed
Baton Rouge, Middle District of Louisiana (lamb)
28 U.S.C. § 98(b) (Middle District of Louisiana — undivided; comprises the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana)
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 Pointe Coupee Parish
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