Word: juntikka
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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When she fell behind in the rent and her landlord warned that he would evict her, she knew she had to do something. She turned to a Manhattan consumer-bankruptcy lawyer, Charles Juntikka. Garcia was typical of many of his clients--embarrassed by her debts, upset over not being able to pay her bills, not knowing where to turn. "There is this image of middle-class people running up huge debts, then declaring bankruptcy and laughing at everyone," he says. "I've just never seen that. These people hurt...
...Juntikka filed a petition for Garcia under Chapter 7, seeking to have her unsecured credit-card debt discharged. Garcia says she intends to give up the car to further reduce her debt load, and Juntikka is optimistic she will get a fresh start. Now, for the first time in months, Garcia says, she can sleep at night...
...Bankruptcy Reform Act pending in Congress were the law, Garcia would not be able to rest so easy. "Lucy wouldn't be able to obtain a discharge under this bill," says Juntikka. "Under the new standards Congress has put in the bill, she earns too much money. She could not get a discharge. She would still be stuck with some of the credit-card bills...
...standards referred to by Juntikka concern the means testing that allocates a fixed amount of expenses to debtors in computing their ability to pay their debts. And as Juntikka interprets them, Garcia would not be able to seek relief in Chapter 7. Even if by some chance she could prove her case in court, he says, the process would be lengthy and costly. "People aren't going to be able to deal with these draconian measures," he says. As a result, some people will be permanently indebted to credit-card companies, others will see their wages attached, some may lose...
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