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Line 9, Unemployment compensation.

US Trustees Position:

New Form B 122A-1, Line 8

  • Unemployment compensation is not a "benefit under SSA" and should be included; USTP opposes any entry in the boxes to the left of Columns A and B.

See also:

Many courts have addressed whether the SSA Exclusion covers unemployment compensation benefits. The first two bankruptcy courts to address the issue held that unemployment benefits are "benefits received under the Social Security Act." See In re Sorrell, 359 B.R. 167 (Bankr. S.D. Ohio 2007)In re Munger, 370 B.R. 21 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2007). Nine other bankruptcy courts and one district court subsequently addressed this issue, all of which held that unemployment compensation must be included in the calculation of a debtor's current monthly income. DeHart v. Baden (In re Baden), 396 B.R. 617 (Bankr. M.D. Pa. 2008)In re Kucharz, 418 B.R. 635 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2009)In re Washington, 438 B.R. 348 (M.D. Ala. 2010)In re Rose, No. 09-70088, 2010 WL 2600591 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. May 12, 2010)In re Nance, No. 09-05604, 2010 WL 2079653 (Bankr. S.D. Ind. May 21, 2010)In re Winkles, No. 10-30137, 2010 WL 2680895 (Bankr. S.D. Ill. July 6, 2010)In re Ormonde, No. 10-10767-B-13, 2010 WL 9498235 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. Aug. 4, 2010); In re Overby, No. 10-20602, 2010 WL 3834647 (Bankr. W.D. Mo. Sept. 24, 2010)In re Gentry, 463 B.R. 526 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2011); and In re Vandyne, No. 09-65200, 2011 WL 3664551 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio Aug. 19, 2011). More recently, two courts seemed to reject the reasoning of the courts holding that unemployment compensation benefits were not excluded under the SSA Exclusion in holding that the SSA Exclusion applies to Medicaid waiver and adoption assistance benefits. In re Adinolfi, 543 B.R. 612 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2016) and In re Hite, 557 B.R. 451 (Bankr. W.D. Va. 2016).


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